All 13 Uses

Mecca
in
The Alchemist, by Coelho
(Edited)

We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca.
p. 56.4 *

Mecca = holiest city of Islam (in Saudi Arabia)
Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids.
p. 56.4

Mecca = the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam (located in Saudi Arabia)
I thought that someday I'd be rich, and could go to Mecca.
p. 56.5
At the same time, people were passing my shop all the time, heading for Mecca.
p. 56.7
"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now?" asked the boy.
p. 57.1
Because it's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive.
p. 57.1
I just want to dream about Mecca.
p. 57.3
Since that morning in the marketplace, he had never again made use of Urim and Thummim, because Egypt was now just as distant a dream for him as was Mecca for the merchant.
p. 58.1
And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.
p. 63.1
But you know that I'm not going to go to Mecca.
p. 63.3
maybe it's better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself.
p. 66.3
One year, when the crop was the best ever, we all went to Mecca, and I satisfied the only unmet obligation in my life.
p. 78.9
The boy remembered the crystal merchant who had always wanted to go to Mecca, and the Englishman in search of the alchemist.
p. 124.7

Definitions:

(1) (Mecca as in: pilgrimage to Mecca)
the birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city of Islam (located in Saudi Arabia)
(2) (mecca as in: a mecca for young artists)
a place that attracts many visitors
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Mecca can be a person's name.