Jidda
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6.5
- proper noun
- In the Saudi municipal elections, informal Islamist tickets won 6 of the 7 seats in Riyadh and swept the elections in Jidda and Mecca.
- Jidda, Saudi Arabia
- Jidda, Saudi
Examples
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He had been there, he said, exactly two months and three days, and had visited Jidda a few times.
Blog text (14) -
"Are you Arabs?" he asks, "I swear, I have doubts about it, from Baghdad to Jidda."
Academic text (1997) -
The busiest connection among the networks is the Cairo-Jidda route, with forty-six one-way flights a week.
Academic text (1990) -
"You cannot bring change from the outside; you have to build it from within," said Saleha M. Abedin, vice dean of a women's college, Dar al-Hekma, in Jidda, 50 miles away.
Blog text (14) -
Muslim pilgrims from Jidda travel to the holy city of Mecca on a Bechtel-built highway.
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In the Saudi municipal elections, informal Islamist tickets won 6 of the 7 seats in Riyadh and swept the elections in Jidda and Mecca.
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He had been there, he said, exactly two months and three days, and had visited Jidda a few times.
Synonyms
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4.4
A port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea near Mecca that is the country's main business centre
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7.2
Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea, a trade hub and gateway for pilgrims
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jidda comes from an Arabic word jiddah which means 'grandmother'. One popular story says the city was named for Eve, seen as the first 'grandmother' and said to be buried nearby, so a helpful way to remember Jidda is as an old, welcoming port city near Mecca.