Hejaz
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Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).
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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.
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Hejaz m
- A traditional region in northwest Saudi Arabia