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Mecca (Mehmet Biber/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Mecca (Arabic, Makkah; ancient Macoraba), city in western Saudi Arabia, capital of Al Ḩijāz (Hejaz) Province, near Jiddah. Situated in a narrow...

Hajj, in Islam, the major pilgrimage to Mecca (in Saudi Arabia). It is referred to as a duty in the Koran and is regarded by mainstream Muslims as...

Kaaba (Mehmet Biber/Photo Researchers, Inc.)

Kaaba, central shrine of Islam, a cube-shaped, one-room stone structure in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Islamic tradition has it that it was already a...

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- central or popular place: a place that is an important centre for a particular activity or that is visited by a great many people

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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