Makan

See also: makan, mákan, and makán

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa Makà, from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mã́.kã̀/

Proper noun

Mákàn

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

Derived terms

• Mákànci (“person from Mecca”)