AtlasSaudi ArabiaMeccaOne word pinned hereMecca21.4225°N 39.8261°E · Q5806One English word in this atlas traces back to Mecca. It sits in Saudi Arabia.ShareAll of Saudi Arabia Pinned heremeccanoun · 19th centuryWell attestedAny enthusiast's destination borrows one city in the Hejaz.English uses the name of Islam's holiest city for any place of pilgrimage, however trivial. Lower-cased, it has drifted a long way from the original.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsmochaAl-Mukha, Yemen972 kmisraelaneIsrael, Israel1,168 kmJericho walkJericho, Palestine1,238 kmrose of JerichoJericho, Palestine1,238 km