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Saudi-Arabian

Saudi-Arabian

7 3.5
Relating to Saudi Arabia or its people
  • adjective
  • /ˈsaʊdi əˈreɪbiən/
translation icon : saudí
  • The project is being overseen and financed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, which the Crown Prince also chairs.
  • Saudi-Arabian government
  • Saudi-Arabian journalist
  • Saudi-Arabian Embassy

It makes absolutely no sense to go under the theory that Saudi Arabian fossil fuels pollute the earth, but American fossil fuels don't.

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Examples

  • In many ways, Jeddah is a Saudi Arabian success story.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Structural complications within the Saudi Arabian system make it difficult to invest the resources required to cope with local environmental problems.

    Academic text (2003)
  • A high-level economic and trade delegation visited the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, for a week before it left for other industrial cities.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Even if the Saudi program were considered an unequivocal success, not all countries can afford resource-intensive initiatives like the Saudi Arabian "aftercare" program.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Because of the large Saudi educational mission to this country, much of this research focused on Saudi Arabian students: their attitudinal emphases and changes while here, their values system, and their problems of adjustment.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Because the exchange rate is fixed, the value of the riyal isn't such a great way to read the market's views on Saudi Arabia, because the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency stands ready to support the peg at the 3.75 level on a daily basis.

    Blog text (5)
  • The Saudi Arabian culture is rich in traditions and hospitality.

  • Many tourists visit the Saudi Arabian cities to admire their unique architecture.

  • The Saudi Arabian government recently implemented new economic reforms to attract foreign investment.

Synonyms

Saudi
vsSaudi-Arabian
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Relating to Saudi Arabia or its people

uses the hyphenated or less common adjective form for the country

Surface Forms

Saudi-Arabian positive

Morphology

Saudi-Arabian = Saudi + Arabian (transparent) = Saudi + Arabian

The hyphenated adjective is a straightforward combination of two recognizable proper/adjectival forms referring to Saudi and Arabia, so its meaning is directly inferred.

Etymology

Saudi-Arabian is made of Saudi and Arabian. Saudi comes from the ruling family name Saud, meaning 'of Saud', and Arabian comes from Arabia, the name for the land of the Arabs, so Saudi-Arabian means 'from Saudi Arabia' or 'relating to its people'.