Nejd

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Nejd

(nĕjd) also Najd (năjd)

A vast plateau region of the central Arabian Peninsula. It was the nucleus for the modern state of Saudi Arabia.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Nejd

(nɛʒd; neɪd)

(Placename) a region of central Saudi Arabia: formerly an independent sultanate of Arabia; united with Hejaz to form the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1932)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Nejd

(nɛdʒd, neɪd)

n.

a region of Saudi Arabia in the E central part: formerly a sultanate. ab. 400,000 sq. mi. (1,000,000 sq. km).

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

Nejd - 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

Najd

Arabia, Arabian Peninsula - a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia - an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The National Day is always celebrated on September 23 to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932.

Saudis to get four-day holiday for National Day celebrations

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Civil Service has reportedly announced a four-day holiday for the 89th celebrations of Saudi National Day, which is observed each year on 23 September to commemorate the renaming of Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932.

Four-day Saudi National Day 2019 holiday confirmed by ministry

In 1932, King Abdul Aziz unified the kingdoms of Nejd and Hijaz, creating the sovereign state of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia to stage world's richest race in 2020

(3) Another certainty exists in the date of the Esref's Nejd Mission to meet the Arabian tribal leaders with a delegation including Mehmed Akif.

Kuscubasi Esref: Efsane Teskilat-i Mahsusa Subayinin Hayati

will be established in west A'Dhahira and in the Nejd plain in the south,

Strategy Alternatives Workshop Delineates Better Spatial Future

Saudi Arabia was born on September 23, 1932, after people asked King Saudi Ibn Abdul Aziz who ruled over the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, initially the Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd, to change the name of the dual monarchy to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Slew of events to celebrate Saudi National Day

Saudi Arabia was born in the desert of Nejd and has since imposed its violence to the region on the back of religious radicalism.

Catherine Shakdam: After Hitler, Saudis Next in History to Have Used Hunger as Weapon of War

Although most writers understand the Nejd as a part of Saudi Arabia (maps; figs.

The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia: Adaptation and Social Formation from the Neolithic to the Iron Age

Being a descendent of the Bani Tameem Tribe with their ancestral lineage dating back to Mudhar bin Nizar, the Al-Thanis settled on the Jibrin Oasis in the south of Nejd prior to their movement to the north of the Qatari Peninsula.

State of Qatar

This is Nejd, a vast plateau in central Arabia that is nearly the size of France.

The Wahhabi Connection: How America helps Saudi Arabia spread jihadism

The "pre-oil era" in the Middle East was marked by paradoxical political developments that seem nearly impossible today For instance, the communist Soviet Union enjoyed a warm relationship with the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, and became the first state to recognize it, while Moscow's envoy to the Kingdom, Karim Khakimov, was a personal friend of its founder Ibn Saud.