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Hejaz.

A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.

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Meaning & usage

name/hɪˈdʒɑːz/
  1. A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.

  2. 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.

    historical
  3. A maqam equivalent to Phrygian dominant.

    Arabic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.