Hadhramaut
noun
a region along the southern coast of Arabia, in the Republic of Yemen. About 204,000 sq. mi. (528,000 sq. km).
Hadramaut
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a variation of
Hadhramaut.
Example Sentences
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Abu Anwar was the chief al-Qaida judge in neighboring Hadramaut Province, which also abuts the southern Omani border.
From Time ● Jan. 7, 2016
Three French nationals have been reported missing in Yemen, Hasan Muksim, deputy security director of Seyoun city, in the southeastern province of Hadramaut, said yesterday.
From BusinessWeek ● May 28, 2011
The most numerous are those whose fathers came from Yemen and Hadramaut; next to them in numbers are the descendants of Indians, Egyptians, Syrians, Mogrebyns, and Turks.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt
The Arab historian Makrizi describes a method of stopping rain which is said to have been resorted to by a tribe of nomads called Alqamar in Hadramaut.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
That prophet afterwards returned into Hadramaut, and was buried near Hasec, where there is a small town now standing called Kabr Hud, or the sepulchre of Hud.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
