haj

NOUN

traveler

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adventurer commuter hiker migrant passenger pilgrim sailor tourist

STRONG

barnstormer bum drifter excursionist explorer floater gadabout globetrotter hobo itinerant journeyer navigator nomad peddler rambler roamer rover seafarer sightseer tramp trekker tripper trouper truant vagabond vagrant voyager wanderer wayfarer

WEAK

displaced person expeditionist jet-setter junketer transmigrant

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Saudi Arabia is preparing to host some 2.6 million pilgrims next week for the 2023 haj season after removing all COVID-19 restrictions for the first time since 2019.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

Balloons and haj slogans in Farsi decorated the Al-Mozn hotel where Hossaini, and other pilgrims from the Iranian city of Shiraz, stayed in Mecca.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

The ministry of haj said in a Tweet that the kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

Sept 2015: At least 717 Muslim pilgrims are killed and 863 injured in a crush at the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022

Hadj, Hajj, haj, n. a Mohammedan pilgrimage to Mecca or Medina.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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