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Hijaz

Hijaz proper noun: a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.

Proper noun

Hijaz

  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

Questions about Hijaz

What does Hijaz mean?
Hijaz means a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
What part of speech is Hijaz?
Hijaz is a proper noun.

Words near Hijaz in the dictionary

  1. Hijagang
  2. Hijam
  3. hijama
  4. hijara
  5. hijaras
  6. Hijaz
  7. Hijazi
  8. Hijazi Arabic
  9. hijeous
  10. Hiji
  11. hijiki

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