Arab League
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- proper noun
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Liga Árabe
- The Arab League also suspended Syria's membership, criticizing the regime's brutal crackdown.
- member of the Arab League
- Arab League summit
- Arab League Peace Initiative
He fears broader conflict, especially with the influential Arab states united by the newly formed Arab League.
- He fears broader conflict, especially with the influential Arab states united by the newly formed Arab League.
Examples
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The Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Arab League held meetings on the matter.
Academic text (2007) -
On March 28, 2002, the Arab League proposed a political settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Academic text (2002) -
On a positive note, The Arab League have agreed to help with negotiations.
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Well, we're still talking to the Arab League to see if they will help, so it's not a total dead duck.
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Every Arab League country would help pay for and arm this joint Arab army.
Academic text (2016) -
The Arab League has refused to be part of negotiations.
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For the first time since the Gulf War, the Arab League invited Iraq to attend the October summit.
Academic text (2001) -
Most Arab states, however, still adhere to the 2002 Arab League Peace Initiative.
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First, though, Arab leaders are gathering this week for the Arab League Summit in Baghdad.
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On a positive note, the Arab League has agreed to help with negotiations.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organized alliance of Arab states' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'Arab' (relating to Arab people/states) with 'league' (an organized alliance). This compositional pattern (country/people + league) is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Liga Árabe, Ligue arabe) and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Arab League comes from the idea of a league, a group of teams or countries that join together. When several Arab countries met in 1945 to 'work together' on politics, trade and culture, they chose this name, so today Arab League means the organization where Arab states meet and 'work together'.