Meka
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Telugu మేకా (mēkā).
Proper noun
Meka (plural Mekas)
- A surname from Telugu.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meka is the 39837th 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.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mȅka f (Cyrillic spelling Ме̏ка)
- Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mẹ́ka f
- Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Méka | |
| genitive | Méke | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Méka | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Méke | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Méki | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Méko | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Méki | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Méko | |
Related terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish La Meca, later on from English Mecca, ultimately from Arabic مَكَّة (makka). Possible doublet of Maka.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmeka/
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: Me‧ka
Proper noun
Meka (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃ)
- Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)