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noun

(1) 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

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The mountainous area of northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places