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  • noun port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca

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Examples

  • The defendants were among 433 foreigners, including some 240 women, arrested by the kingdom's religious police for attending the party in Jiddah, the state-guided newspaper Okaz said.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • Islamic militants threw explosives at the gate of the heavily guarded U.S. consulate in Jiddah, then forced their way into the building, prompting a gunbattle in a bold assault that left seven people dead and several injured before the three-hour long crisis was brought under control.

    12/06/2004 2004

  • That story places Eve, Hawwa in Arabic, in the vicinity of Jiddah, which is the entry point for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

  • That story places Eve, Hawwa in Arabic, in the vicinity of Jiddah, which is the entry point for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca.

    Tomb of Eve? Jan 2008

  • "Unless we slow down I am afraid you will see nothing of Jiddah, which is the port of Mecca, and our nearest point to it," said the commander.

    Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Oliver Optic 1859

  • Most part of their provisions are brought from Cairo in Egypt, by the Red Sea, or _Mare Erythreum_ of the ancients, and is landed at the port of _Gida_, Joddah or Jiddah, which is about forty miles from Mecca.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784

  • That story places Eve, Hawwa in Arabic, in the vicinity of Jiddah, which is the entry point for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca.

    theithacajournal.com - 2008

  • A video posted on YouTube appeared to show several hundred protesters gathering in Riyadh, outside the capital's al-Rajhi mosque, and activists said a demonstration also took place in the coastal city of Jiddah.

    Protesters killed in Libya, Yemen as wave of Arab unrest continues 2011

  • A video posted on YouTube appeared to show several hundred protesters gathering in Riyadh, outside the capital's al-Rajhi mosque, and activists said a demonstration also took place in the coastal city of Jiddah.

    Protesters killed in Libya, Yemen as wave of Arab unrest continues 2011

  • A video posted on YouTube appeared to show several hundred protesters gathering in Riyadh, outside the capital's al-Rajhi mosque, and activists said a demonstration also took place in the coastal city of Jiddah.

    Protesters killed in Libya, Yemen as wave of Arab unrest continues 2011

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