English Explanatory Dictionary

Hijaz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Hejaz:
  2. A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places
  3. A former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hijaz.wav

Word forms

Hijaz
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