Arabia
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- proper noun
- /əˈreɪ.bi.ə/
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Península Arábiga
- There have been recent rapprochements between Iran and Saudi Arabia and Iran and Iraq.
- Saudi Arabia
- Arabia and Kuwait
- Arabia and Jordan
They didn't come out of Arabia, they didn't come out of India.
- They didn't come out of Arabia, they didn't come out of India.
- And there were Jews in Arabia who took full part in Arabian life.
Examples
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I reached Saudi Arabia in less than a month after my interview.
Academic text (2011) -
By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain.
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Have you ever been in Arabia, Mr. Bone?
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Welcome to our video on Arabia Before Islam.
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It's hard to think of this, but Arabia invented tourism.
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Saudi Arabia has 25% of the known oil reserves on the planet.
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But as we've said, Arabia had lots of Jews and Christians as well.
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Most of the GCC aid, however, came from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Academic text (1999) -
The Gulf War changed this in fundamental ways, especially for Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the smaller Gulf emirates.
Academic text (1999) -
Saudi Arabia is a country located on the Arabian Peninsula, famous for its vast deserts and oil wealth.
Synonyms
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A large peninsula in Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf with big deserts and much oil
Compounds
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A country in southwest Asia covering most of the Arabian Peninsula, ruled by a king and known for oil
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arabia comes from the name Arab, an old Arabic word meaning 'desert' or 'people of the desert'. So the name points to the large desert peninsula and the people who lived there.