Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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; 
[syn: Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hedjaz
    n 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 [syn: Hejaz, Hedjaz, Hijaz]