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Jedda

American  
[jed-uh] / ˈdʒɛd ə /

noun

  1. Jidda.


Jedda British  
/ ˈdʒɛdə /

noun

  1. another name for Jiddah

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And at Medd Café in Jedda, the Red Sea city where social codes have long been more relaxed than elsewhere, the organic, fair-trade beans are roasted in-house.

From New York Times

Carter met with the king as well as his defense minister Wednesday in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jedda.

From US News

Carter was flying to Jedda, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to consult with Saudi leaders, who are also unsettled by an Iran accord they see as likely to increase Iranian power and influence in the Persian Gulf and beyond.

From US News

Bin Laden learned English at an elite Western-style high school in Jedda, where he was by most accounts a serious, sober student, and his library suggests that he spent his last years in hiding as a student again — but a student of terrorism, fixated on American imperialism.

From New York Times

“For many of these young men, death in Syria is a lot better option than staying here and going to prison, and being tortured and harassed,” said Marwen Jedda, a human rights lawyer who represents many Islamist clients.

From Washington Post