Arabia Deserta

American  

[dih-zur-tuh] / dɪˈzɜr tə /

noun

1. an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia.

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Example Sentences

Few of them have even read his most famed book, Travels in Arabia Deserta.

From Time Magazine Archive

Arabia Deserta was first published in 1888 by the Cambridge Press in a limited edition, priced at ten guineas.

From Time Magazine Archive

A book so real, austere, singular, rugged and wild as the world it depicts, as though hewn from the basalt rock, such monumental sculpture as Travels in Arabia Deserta cannot be forever ignored.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was born at Mecca, a city of Arabia, in 571; and died in 631, at Medina, a city situated between Arabia Felix and Arabia Deserta.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

The vast plains of sand with which Arabia Deserta abounds, were occasionally interspersed with fertile spots, which appeared like little islands.

From Travels through the Empire of Morocco by Buffa, John