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Arabian

Arabian

3 4.5
A person from Arabia who speaks Arabic
  • noun
  • /əˈreɪbiən/
translation icon : árabe
  • At the conference, a group of Saudi Arabians shared their perspectives on renewable energy initiatives.
  • a Saudi Arabian

We're saying when that kind of shit happens, it has often been Iranians or Saudi Arabians, that's there is just a battle going on.

Examples

  • The Saudi Arabians have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional music and dance.

  • Here, the article did cite the Syrians and Armenians as examples of peoples eligible for naturalization "chiefly because of their European contacts" and added that, by the same logic, "the Arabians would seem the most likely candidates" for citizenship.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I think it was a surprise for everyone to see Saudi Arabian within Argentina.

  • The Battle of Dukar had lasted for two full days and it became known throughout the whole Arabian Peninsula.

  • Saudi Arabians managed to do what Americans never succeeded at: a country without alcohol.

    Blog text (5)
  • We're going to eat this pizza cake with the crew as well as some of Octavio's Saudi Arabian candies.

  • The project is being overseen and financed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, which the Crown Prince also chairs.

  • Faisal alone, of all Arabian potentates, has any idea of the practical difficulties of running a civilized government on Arab lines.

  • Prior to the Arab Spring, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, and Kuwaiti political leaders were excluded from the dangerous Other because they were U.S. allies (Karim, 2006).

    Academic text (2016)
  • Many Saudi Arabians gathered to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr in the capital city.

Synonyms

Arab
vsArabian
382 2.7

A person from the Middle East or North Africa who speaks Arabic

emphasizes origin and Arabic speech rather than broad current residence

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 singular
Arabians plural

Morphology

Arabian = Arab (transparent) = Arab + ian

The noun referring to a person of Arabia follows directly from the adjectival formation 'Arab' + '-ian', a transparent derivation; note that 'Arab' is the more common noun for a person.

Etymology

Arabian meaning a person comes from the name Arab, which originally meant someone from Arabia or who speaks Arabic. So, an Arabian is a person from that region or someone who shares its language and culture.