Meka

Borrowed from Telugu మేకా (mēkā).

Meka (plural Mekas)

1. A surname from Telugu.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Meka is the 39837^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 551 individuals. Meka is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (49.55%) and White (39.93%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.

• IPA^(key): /mêka/

  Homophones: mȅka

Mȅka f (Cyrillic spelling Ме̏ка)

1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

• IPA^(key): /mèːka/

Mẹ́ka f

1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

• Méčan / Méčanka
• méški

• Meca, Mecca

Borrowed from Spanish La Meca, later on from English Mecca, ultimately from Arabic مَكَّة (makka). Possible doublet of Maka.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmeka/ [ˈmɛː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: Me‧ka

Meka (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃ)

1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

• akme