Hejaz

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Hejaz

/hɪˈdʒɑːz/

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Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).

proper noun Hedjaz · Hijaz · Hidjaz

A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
historical A former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia.
Arabic A maqam equivalent to Phrygian dominant. The tune starts in minor and modulates to Hedjaz on the same scale.

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Español	Hiyaz
中文	漢志 /汉志 Hànzhì
हिन्दी	हिजाज hijāj
Português	Hedjaz, Hejaz, Hijaz
Français	Hedjaz
Deutsch	Hedschas
Русский	Хиджа́з Xidžáz
العربية	اَلْحِجَاز al-ḥijāz

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@misc{hejaz_2026,
  title = {Hejaz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hejaz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}