Mecca , also spelled Makkah (occasionally Bakkah) (; Makkah and in full: transliterated Makkat Al Mukarramah) is a city in Saudi Arabia, regarded as the holiest meeting site in Islam, closely followed by Medina.Hoyle, Ben. ',' The Times. November 29, 2008.Fattah, Hassan M., New York Times (...) (from Wikipedia)