Arabian

[ uh-rey-bee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Arabian

/ əˈreɪbɪən /

Origin of Arabian¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Arabi(a) + -an

As the Arabian Peninsula flourished, the area became the center of cultural development.

A Saudi Arabian television ad for Viagra shows a man struggling to push a straw through the lid of his beverage.

The Saudi Arabian government paid for her tuition in addition to a $1,800 stipend for personal expenses.

So was Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni firebrand who runs al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Dusty paths lined with flickering orange lanterns led us to our final camp, a slice of dramatic Arabian luxury.

The apocryphal gospels contain many, and some are preserved by Persian and Arabian poets.

To the girls, that jolting ride was like an adventure straight from the Arabian Nights.

A short distance from the station lay a true Arabian sand desert, but which was fortunately not of very great extent.

Thus the Phoenicians and the Amorites belong to the first stage of the second great Arabian migration.

I was warned secretly by a strange Arabian woman, who required of me solemn oath not to reveal her.

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