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Hidjaz

Hidjaz is the alternative form of Hejaz.

Meaning of Hejaz

Proper noun

Hejaz

  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. (historical) 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.
  3. (Arabic) A maqam equivalent to Phrygian dominant.
    • The tune starts in minor and modulates to Hedjaz on the same scale.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 378

Questions about Hidjaz

What is Hidjaz the alternative form of?
Hidjaz is the alternative form of Hejaz.

Words near Hidjaz in the dictionary

  1. hidingplace
  2. hidingplaces
  3. hidings
  4. hidings to nothing
  5. Hidișelu de Sus
  6. Hidjaz
  7. hidle
  8. hidles
  9. hidness
  10. hidoku
  11. hidokus

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