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    ARABIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resourcesplay

    Synonyms:

    Arabia; Arabian Peninsula

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

    Meronyms (parts of "Arabia"):

    Muscat and Oman; Oman; Sultanate of Oman (a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil)

    Katar; Katar Peninsula; Qatar; Qatar Peninsula (a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf)

    Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)

    Najd; Nejd (a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

    Hedjaz; Hejaz; Hijaz (a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

    United Arab Emirates (a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves)

    Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)

    Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)

    Meronyms (members of "Arabia"):

    Arab; Arabian (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)

    Domain member region:

    ameer; amir; emeer; emir (an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia))

    Holonyms ("Arabia" is a part of...):

    Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

    Derivation:

    Arabian (relating to or associated with Arabia or its people)

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