1. a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; [syn: Nejd, Najd]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Nejd
n 1: a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly
an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with
Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [syn: Nejd,
Najd]