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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The central region of Saudi Arabia.
2. 2
   A former emirate and later sultanate in the area, which existed from 1913 to 1932, when it merged with Hejaz to form Saudi Arabia.

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areacultural regionethnographic regionlandlinguistic regionlocale

Antonyms

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coastal region

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْد (najd).