Makkah
The city of Makkah Is also known as Makkah-al-Mukarramah or Makkatu-I-Mukarramah which means “Makkah the Honoured” and also the ‘Holy City of Makkah”. References to Makkah in the Holy Quran call it “Umm-Al-Qura” which means ‘Mother of All Settlements’. The ancient or early name for the site of Makkah was ‘Bakkah’.