Associations to the word «Hijaz»

Wiktionary

HIJAZ, proper noun. Alternative form of Hejaz

Dictionary definition

HIJAZ, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats