Jiddah
Jedda
/ (ˈdʒɪdə) /
noun
a port in W Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea: the diplomatic capital of the country; the port of entry for Mecca, 80 km (50 miles) east. Pop: 3 807 000 (2005 est)
Example sentences from the Web for jiddah
He told me that a prominent follower of M. Mohammed Ali had been poisoned at Jiddah.
Bahaism and Its Claims |Samuel Graham WilsonJiddah was attacked on the 9th, and capitulated after holding out for only a week.
With the British Army in The Holy Land |Henry Osmond LockHe also treated the inhabitants of Medina and Jiddah in an equally generous way.
At Jiddah he endeavoured to take the sheikh, but knowing his tyrannical character, he escaped into the interior.