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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of northwest Saudi Arabia on the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. It includes the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

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  • proper noun The mountainous area of northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.

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  • 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

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Examples

  • He did not mobilize military support which he could easily have mustered in Hejaz, nor did he try to exploit whatever physical strength was available to him.

    2006 October « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • He did not mobilize military support which he could easily have mustered in Hejaz, nor did he try to exploit whatever physical strength was available to him.

    2006 October 13 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • He did not mobilize military support which he could easily have mustered in Hejaz, nor did he try to exploit whatever physical strength was available to him.

    Hazrat Imam Hussain..Maksade Hussain « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • Osama bin Laden has made clear his 'mission' to 'free' Arabia (esp. the westernmost region, once known as the Hejaz) from foreign influence.

    Sound Politics: Floyd McKay Flirts With Bigotry 2006

  • SCHWARTZ: Mecca is in Hejaz, which is an area near the western coast of Arabia, the Red Sea there.

    The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa�ud from Tradition to Terror 2003

  • His father was first cousin to Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor of the Sudan before, during, and after the First World War and one of the key sponsors of T. E. Lawrence's ("Lawrence of Arabia") military activities in the Hejaz, Jordan, and Syria (Sir Reginald was mainly the supplier of the gold sovereigns Lawrence use to buy his Bedouin confreres, without which they would hardly 'lift a finger' as it were).

    Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011

  • His father was first cousin to Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor of the Sudan before, during, and after the First World War and one of the key sponsors of T. E. Lawrence's ("Lawrence of Arabia") military activities in the Hejaz, Jordan, and Syria (Sir Reginald was mainly the supplier of the gold sovereigns Lawrence use to buy his Bedouin confreres, without which they would hardly 'lift a finger' as it were). â¨â¨â¨

    Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011

  • His father was first cousin to Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor of the Sudan before, during, and after the First World War and one of the key sponsors of T. E. Lawrence's ("Lawrence of Arabia") military activities in the Hejaz, Jordan, and Syria (Sir Reginald was mainly the supplier of the gold sovereigns Lawrence use to buy his Bedouin confreres, without which they would hardly 'lift a finger' as it were).

    Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011

  • His father was first cousin to Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor of the Sudan before, during, and after the First World War and one of the key sponsors of T. E. Lawrence's ("Lawrence of Arabia") military activities in the Hejaz, Jordan, and Syria (Sir Reginald was mainly the supplier of the gold sovereigns Lawrence use to buy his Bedouin confreres, without which they would hardly 'lift a finger' as it were). â¨â¨â¨

    Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011

  • His father was first cousin to Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor of the Sudan before, during, and after the First World War and one of the key sponsors of T. E. Lawrence's ("Lawrence of Arabia") military activities in the Hejaz, Jordan, and Syria (Sir Reginald was mainly the supplier of the gold sovereigns Lawrence use to buy his Bedouin confreres, without which they would hardly 'lift a finger' as it were).

    Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011

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