Hejaz

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/hɪˈdʒɑːz/

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.

OriginArabic الْحِجَاز →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hedjaz · alternative Hijaz · alternative Hidjaz

  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. historicalA 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. ArabicentertainmentA 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

Origin

  1. Arabicالْحِجَاز
  2. Arabicالْحِجَاز
  3. EnglishHejaz

Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).

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Translations

Arabic اَلْحِجَاز
  • اَلْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz)area
Bengali হেজাজ
  • হেজাজ (hejaj)area
Chinese Mandarin 漢志 /汉志
  • 漢志 /汉志 (Hànzhì)area
French Hedjaz
  • Hedjazarea
German Hedschas
  • Hedschasarea
Hindi हिजाज
  • हिजाज (hijāj)area
Lithuanian Chidžazas
  • Chidžazasarea
Persian حجاز
  • حجاز (hejâz)area
Polish Hidżaz
  • Hidżazarea
Portuguese Hedjaz, Hejaz
  • Hedjazarea
  • Hejazarea
  • Hijazarea
Russian Хиджа́з
  • Хиджа́з (Xidžáz)area
Spanish Hiyaz
  • Hiyazarea
Urdu حجاز
  • حجاز (Hijāz)area
Cite this entry
APA

Hejaz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hejaz

MLA

“Hejaz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hejaz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hejaz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hejaz.

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