Bahrain
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- proper noun
- /bɑːˈreɪn/
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Baréin
- Bahrain is known for its rich oil resources and has developed rapidly in recent years.
- Bahrain and Kuwait
- Bahrain and Qatar
- Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
So he went, he went to Saudi to Bahrain working for Ramco Oil.
- So he went, he went to Saudi to Bahrain working for Ramco Oil.
- I feel like we really saw Bahrain today.
- In fact, the the Emir of Bahrain changed his title to king OK recently.
- So I've travelled throughout Saudi Arabia, been to a bunch of cities there and spent some time in Bahrain.
- The, the, the tension between Qatar, Saudi, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain.
- The peace with Egypt has held the peace with Jordan has held the peace with the UAE, has held the peace with Bahrain, has held Morocco, Sudan.
- We got to go to go to a lot of the forward operating bases during like the not Kuwait, but maybe Iraq, like after that, like Bahrain.
- It's not true that it can't ever be solved like the IRA and and even countries that were hostile to Israel, like Bahrain, like the UAE.
Examples
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Ten years later, in November 2010, Bahrain requested thirty additional missiles.
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The movement quickly spread to Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain.
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I went for my interview in Bahrain, and I was asked to join immediately.
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Birmingham or Bahrain, it is now Treasury business.
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File says you were four years navy, Fifth Fleet, Bahrain.
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We have Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, we have a nice base in Qatar, but it's a little too far south.
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Six members from the Bahrain National Junior Swimming Team volunteered to be subjects for the study.
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Beyond that, both Bahrain and the UAE have troops fighting with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
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Today we are getting on a cruise that goes to a couple stops in the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.
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Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates are all making contributions to the fight against ISIS.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
An island country in the Persian Gulf near Saudi Arabia with capital Manama
An island country in the Persian Gulf near the coast of Saudi Arabia
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bahrain comes from the Arabic name al-Bahrayn, which means 'two seas' because it uses bahr 'sea' and the ending -ayn 'two'. That's why the name fits an island country in the Persian Gulf: it pictures land surrounded by water.