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English
Etymology
From Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arabia
A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates .
( broader sense ) The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates .
Derived terms
Translations
a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
Afrikaans: Arabië
Aghwan: 𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰 ( arabiya )
Albanian: Arabi f ( indefinite ) , Arabia (sq) f ( definite )
Amharic: አረቢያ ( ʾäräbiya )
Arabic: شِبْهُ اَلْجَزِيرَةِ اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (ar) f ( šibhu l-jazīrati l-ʕarabiyyatu )
Egyptian Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية f ( šebh eg-gazīra el-ʕarabiyya )
Armenian: Արաբիա ( Arabia )
Aromanian: Arabii f ( indefinite ) , Arabia f ( definite )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܪܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ f ( ˁarḇīyā )
Avar: Гӏарабистан ( ʻarabistan )
Azerbaijani: Ərəbistan
Bashkir: Ғәрәбстан ( Ğərəbstan )
Basque: Arabia
Belarusian: Ара́вія f ( Arávija )
Bengali: আরব (bn) ( arob )
Bulgarian: Ара́бия f ( Arábija )
Catalan: Aràbia f
Chechen: ӏаьрбийн ахгӏайре ( ˀärbiı̇n axğajre )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿拉伯 (zh) ( Ālābó ) , 阿拉伯半島 / 阿拉伯半岛 (zh) ( Ālābó bàndǎo )
Corsican: Arabia f
Czech: Arábie (cs) f
Danish: Arabien (da) ? , Arabiske Halvø ?
Dutch: Arabië (nl) ?
Esperanto: Arabujo , Arabio
Estonian: Araabia (et)
Finnish: Arabia (fi) , Arabian niemimaa (fi)
French: Arabie (fr) f
Galician: Arabia f
Georgian: არაბეთი ( arabeti )
German: Arabien (de) n
Greek: Αραβία (el) f ( Aravía )
Ancient: Ἀραβία f ( Arabía )
Hebrew: עֲרָב (he) ( arav )
Hindi: अरेबिया m ( arebiyā ) , अरबी प्रायद्वीप m ( arbī prāyadvīp ) , अरबिस्तान (hi) m ( arbistān ) , अरब (hi) m ( arab )
Hungarian: Arábia (hu)
Icelandic: Arabía f
Ido: Arabia (io)
Indonesian: Arab (id) , Jazirah Arab
Irish: An Araib f
Italian: Arabia f
Japanese: アラビア (ja) ( Arabia ) , 亜剌比亜 ( Arabia )
Kazakh: Арабия ( Arabiä )
Korean: 아라비아 (ko) ( Arabia )
Kumyk: Арабыстан ( Arabıstan )
Kyrgyz: Арапыя ( Arapıya )
Latin: Arabia (la) f
Latvian: Arābija f
Lithuanian: Arabija f
Macedonian: Арабија f ( Arabija )
Malay: Arab , Tanah Arab
Manx: Yn Arabaght f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Arabia f
Nynorsk: Arabia f
Old English: Arabia f
Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹 ( a-r-b-a-y /arabāya/ )
Pashto: عربستان (ps) m ( 'arabestãn )
Persian: عربستان (fa) ( 'arabestân )
Plautdietsch: Arabien n
Polish: Półwysep Arabski (pl) m
Portuguese: Arábia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਰਬ (pa) m ( arab )
Romanian: Arabia f
Russian: Ара́вия (ru) f ( Arávija ) , Арави́йский полуо́стров (ru) m ( Aravíjskij poluóstrov )
Scottish Gaelic: Aràibia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: А̀ра̄бија f
Roman: Àrābija (sh) f
Slovak: Arábia f
Slovene: Arabija f
Somali: Carabiya
Spanish: Arabia (es) f
Swahili: Uarabuni class 14
Swedish: Arabien (sv) n
Tagalog: Arabya
Tajik: Арабистон ( Arabiston )
Tatar: Гарәбстан ( Ğaräbstan )
Thai: คาบสมุทรอาหรับ ( kâap-sà-mùt-aa-ràp )
Turkish: Arabistan (tr)
Turkmen: Arabistan
Ukrainian: Ара́вія f ( Arávija ) , Ара́бія f ( Arábija )
Urdu: عربستان m ( 'arbistān )
Uyghur: ئەرەبىستان ( erebistan )
Uzbek: Arabiston
Vietnamese: Bán đảo Ả Rập
Volapük: Larabän (vo)
Welsh: Arabia f
Yiddish: אַראַביע ? ( arabye )
region
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Arabia (pl) f
Further reading
Anagrams
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Derived terms
Finnish
Sample of Arabia's (sense #2) porcelain production.
Etymology
From Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arabia
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
A former porcelain factory in Helsinki, once largest in Europe, now one of the brands of the Fiskars Group .
( countable , often uncapitalized) A piece of porcelain produced by, or under the brand of Arabia.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈra.bja/
Rhymes: -abja
Hyphenation: A‧rà‧bia
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
Note: the first vowel can be found metrically lengthened in order to allow the word to fit a dactylic meter, similarly to Italia .[ 1]
Proper noun
Arabia f sg (genitive Arabiae ) ; first declension
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
^ Propertius, Elegies, book 1, elegy 14, line 19 and book 2, elegy 10, line 16
Further reading
“Arabia ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Arabia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Arabia
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Arabia
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Arabia .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (a peninsula and region of Western Asia )
Declension
Declension of Arabia (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism ; compare English Arabia .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈra.bja/
Rhymes: -abja
Syllabification: A‧ra‧bia
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Declension
Further reading
Arabia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈɾabja/
Rhymes: -abja
Syllabification: A‧ra‧bia
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Arabia , from Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arabia (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜊ᜔ᜌ )
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Further reading
“Arabia ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English Arabia , from Latin Arabia , from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία ( Arabía ) .
Proper noun
Arabia f
Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ; includes Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , and the United Arab Emirates )
( broader sense ) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate ; Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , the Egyptian Sinai , Palestine and the United Arab Emirates )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Arabia ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies