Hejaz
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /hɪˈdʒɑːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Hejaz
- The mountainous area of northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
- An independent kingdom in the area between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present Saudi Arabia.
Derived terms
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Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hejaz m
- A traditional region in northwest Saudi Arabia
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- English terms derived from the Arabic root ح ج ز
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- en:Countries in Asia
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Historical and traditional regions
- pt:Places in Saudi Arabia