How to use Hejaz in a sentence
Once they begin, they could snowball and reach the major cities of the Hejaz, including Jeddah, Mecca, Taif, and Medina.
In like manner that arm of the sea on which Aylah is situated extends between al Tur and Hejaz.
But, friend, Persian influence has long since ceased in El Hejaz.
The Days of Mohammed | Anna May WilsonFrom this period forward, the history of the Hejaz revolt merges in that of the Palestine campaign.
With the British Army in The Holy Land | Henry Osmond LockBy this time, all the outlying garrisons had been disposed of, and the Hejaz generally cleared of Turks.
With the British Army in The Holy Land | Henry Osmond Lock
Through it, from north to south, runs the Hejaz railway, on its way from Damascus to Medina.
With the British Army in The Holy Land | Henry Osmond Lock
British Dictionary definitions for Hejaz
Hedjaz or Hijaz
/ (hiːˈdʒæz) /
a region of W Saudi Arabia, along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba: formerly an independent kingdom; united with Nejd in 1932 to form Saudi Arabia. Area: about 348 600 sq km (134 600 sq miles)
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