arab
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
Of or about Arabs and their nations.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈæɹəb
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Definition
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noun
A member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula.
A member of an Arabic-speaking community.
A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
An Arabian horse.
An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world.
adjective
Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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The Semitic language of the Arabs.
Position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose.
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A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974.
A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971.
An international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation.
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur).
The leader of an Arab village or family.
An ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa.
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The Semitic language of the Arabs.
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