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Definition of Hedjaz
1. Noun. A coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Terms within: Mecca, Al Madinah, Medina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedjaz
Literary usage of Hedjaz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1919)
"The hedjaz The hedjaz is a rich country fronting on the Red Sea, with a population
of 300000, containing the cities of Mecca and Medina, and claims to have ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"As head of one of the two principal families in the hedjaz, and of the tribe of the
... His tribesmen and dependents held property all over the hedjaz, ..."
3. The Adventures of the Fourteen Points: Vivid and Dramatic Episodes of the by Harry Hansen (1919)
"Only a few years before the war hedjaz was a vilayet in western Arabia, known
principally for its ... To-day hedjaz is spoken of as an independent kingdom, ..."
4. The Adventures of the Fourteen Points: Vivid and Dramatic Episodes of the by Harry Hansen (1919)
"Only a few years before the war hedjaz was a vilayet in western Arabia, known
principally for its ... To-day hedjaz is spoken of as an independent kingdom, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"I.—Travels in Arabia, comprehending an Account of those Territories in hedjaz
which the Mohammedans regard an ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"... Maan, and others, situated in fertile Oa- hedjaz. ses, in the midst of hedjaz,
a country somewhat less desert than the neighbourhood of Sinai. ..."
7. From the Nile to Nebo: A Discussion of the Problem and the Route of the Exodus by Franklin Evans Hoskins (1912)
"The ostensible purpose of the railway is given in its name, the hedjaz Pilgrimage
Railway, and the final plan includes the joining ..."
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