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Arabian

Arabian

64 3.4
Relating to Arabia, its people or language
  • adjective
  • /əˈreɪ.bi.ən/
translation icon : árabe
  • I also have one year of experience teaching Saudi Arabian students at English Language Systems.
  • Arabian Peninsula
  • Saudi Arabian
  • Arabian Nights

This just launched from Tafa, which is one of my favorite Arabian perfume brands.

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Examples

  • How about one of those Arabian nights?

  • The ancient city was known for its rich Arabian culture and architecture.

  • Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a young prince out of the Arabian Nights?

  • Her journey across the harsh Arabian desert... ...would be the first test of her resolve on the long journey ahead.

  • Burton's translation remains the most widely read English version of The Arabian Nights.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy on the Arabian Peninsula is its partnership with Saudi Arabia.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Journey with me now, across those deserts to the mystical lands of the Arabian Peninsula.

  • From 1978 to 1984, he held executive positions with the Arabian American Oil Company in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Early in the 18th century, several nomadic tribes founded settlements in the Arabian Peninsula.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Many tales were told about the brave warriors of the Arabian tribes.

Synonyms

Arabic
vsArabian
53 3.7

About the people, language, or way of life of Arabs

focuses more on the geographic region and things from that area

Compounds

A person from Saudi Arabia

A large peninsula in Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf with big deserts and much oil

3 3.2

A part of the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Peninsula and India

Arabian Nights
  • Literature
1 5.6

A famous set of old stories from the Middle East and South Asia called One Thousand and One Nights

A large dry area in Egypt between the Nile and the Red Sea with few plants

A large desert animal with a single hump that can live a long time without water

A tropical plant that produces the beans used to make most of the world's coffee

A very large dry area on the Arabian Peninsula with sand dunes and few plants

A shallow sea between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula with many oil fields

An evergreen vine with many small white fragrant flowers used for garlands and tea

A collection of old Arabic stories called The Thousand and One Nights

8.9

A drink or chew made from plant leaves that makes you feel more awake

A very large dry area of sand that covers much of the Arabian Peninsula

The main money used in Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas

Surface Forms

Arabian positive

Morphology

Arabian = Arab (transparent) = Arab + ian

Standard adjectival formation meaning 'relating to Arabs or Arabia'; directly inferable from the base and suffix.

Etymology

Arabian as an adjective comes from the place name Arabia, 'land of the Arabs', so the word describes things that come from that region, like the Arabian Sea or Arabian culture. So, calling something Arabian means it is connected to Arabia or the Arabic people and language.