Hejaz

[ hee-jaz; Arabic he-zhahz ]

/ hiˈdʒæz; Arabic hɛˈʒɑz /

noun

Hijaz.

Also Hedjaz.

Hijaz

or He·djaz, He·jaz

[ hee-jaz; Arabic hee-zhahz ]

/ hiˈdʒæz; Arabic hiˈʒɑz /

noun

a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca.

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Examples from the Web for hejaz

Once they begin, they could snowball and reach the major cities of the Hejaz, including Jeddah, Mecca, Taif, and Medina.
Revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?|Bruce Riedel|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nothing is more pleasant than the swift amble of a good donkey from the Hejaz.
The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton|Mrs. Russell Barrington
Hejaz is divided longitudinally by the Tehama range of mountains into two zones, a narrow littoral and a broader upland.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various
By this time, all the outlying garrisons had been disposed of, and the Hejaz generally cleared of Turks.
With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock

To tell it properly I must go back to the epoch of the Wahhabite invasion of Hejaz in 1808.
The Future of Islam|Wilfred Scawen Blunt
And there were not wanting those who held that the aim of the English was to stop the construction of the railway to the Hejaz.
Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day|Haji A. Browne

British Dictionary definitions for hejaz

Hejaz

Hedjaz or Hijaz

/ (hiːˈdʒæz) /

noun

a region of W Saudi Arabia, along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba: formerly an independent kingdom; united with Nejd in 1932 to form Saudi Arabia. Area: about 348 600 sq km (134 600 sq miles)

Hijaz

/ (hiːˈdʒæz) /

noun

a variant spelling of Hejaz

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