mecca

noun2

1. •
   (figurative) ; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
2. •
   Alternative form of Mecca.

noun3

1. •
   A province of Saudi Arabia.
2. •
   A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.
3. •
   (figurative) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.

   • It was consequently the “Mecca,” the “Delphic Oracle,” the “Vale of Egeria,” to which all studious pilgrims should resort to drink of the pure springs of knowledge; […] — 1826