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Hijaz

American  
[hee-jaz, hee-zhahz] / hiˈdʒæz, hiˈʒɑz /
Or Hedjaz,

noun

  1. 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). Mecca.


Hijaz British  
/ hiːˈdʒæz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Hejaz

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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According to the Sheriff’s Department, a man later identified as Mohd Hijaz, 32, was found sitting in a bush screaming unintelligible words as deputies arrived on scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Kheibar refers to an ancient Jewish oasis in the Arabian Peninsula's Hijaz region that was overrun by Muslim warriors in the 7th century.

From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022

The story takes place in what was then the Hijaz province and the film was shot in Jordan's Wadi Rum valley.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2016

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, its self-proclaimed caliph, has singled it out for abuse and designated the Nejd and Hijaz regions as Islamic wilayat or provinces.

From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2016

Being used to a nomadic existence from childhood, the young traveller was able to support most valiantly the exhausting privations and terrible fatigue of such an interminable journey in the midst of the Hijaz deserts.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

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