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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Saudi Arabia, ↑Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ↑Arabian Peninsula, ↑Arabia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Mecca, ↑Medina, ↑Al Madinah
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/hee jaz"/; Arab. /hee zhahz"/, n.
Hijaz.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.