The end of the world is already near, but before that time it is the duty of the faithful to conquer Egypt, mecca, and all those regions beyond the seas where the gentiles dwell.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
And it seems highly probable that at this time he pushed on over the Alps and made his way into Italy,-already the mecca of every artist.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
Tell me what the price they paid thee, that from mecca bought thy absence?
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell