Hejaz

English

Alternative forms

• Hedjaz
• Hijaz
• Hidjaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈdʒɑːz/

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Proper noun

Hejaz

1. The mountainous area of northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
2. An independent kingdom in the area between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present Saudi Arabia.

Derived terms

• Hejazi

Translations

area

• Arabic: اَلْحِجَاز (ar) f (al-ḥijāz)

  Hijazi Arabic: الحجاز f (al-ḥijāz)

• Armenian: Հիջազ (Hiǰaz)
• Bengali: হেজাজ (hejaj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢志／汉志 (zh) (Hànzhì)

• French: Hedjaz (fr)
• Georgian: ჰიჯაზი (ka) (hiǯazi)
• German: Hedschas
• Hindi: हिजाज (hi) m (hijāj)
• Lithuanian: Chidžazas m
• Marathi: हेजाज (hejāj)
• Persian: حجاز (fa) (hejâz)
• Polish: Hidżaz (pl)
• Portuguese: Hedjaz m, Hejaz m, Hijaz m
• Russian: Хиджа́з (ru) m (Xidžáz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хеџаз m

  Roman: Hedžaz m

• Spanish: Hiyaz
• Urdu: حجاز (Hijāz)
• Volapük: Häcavän (vo)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Hejaz m

1. A traditional region in northwest Saudi Arabia