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Definition of Jidda
1. Noun. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Definition of Jidda
1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Jeddah) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jidda
Literary usage of Jidda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha by Gaetano Casati (1891)
"... Milan—The Suez Canal—The ass.drivers—Circumnavigation of the Red Sea—jidda—
... Cardinal Massaia—My caravan—The Turks of jidda—In the plains between ..."
2. Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings Around the Birth-place of the by James Hamilton (1857)
"jidda is in so far a foretaste of Mecca, that it abounds in all the dissipation
... jidda is built along the shore in the form of a long parallelogram, ..."
3. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot: Containing Descriptions of the Suez by William James Lloyd Wharton, John Phillips, Great Britain Hydrographic Office, Great Britain Admiralty (1900)
"Ras Muhammed - 3 30' W. | jidda - - 2° 55' W. GENERAL REMARKS.—Following the
order of construction given ou the first page of this work, and having in the ..."
4. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1813)
"I. Letter from Metical Aga, .prime minister to the Sheriffe of Mecca, to Mr Bruce
at jidda. Praise be to God alone, and blessing upon him who is for his ..."
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