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

Author of the magisterial “Travels in Arabia Deserta”— which is composed in a dithyrambic, pseudo-biblical prose that either enchants or repulses — Doughty was properly discouraging: “I should dissuade a friend from such a voyage, which is too likely to be most wearisome, hazardous to health & even disappointing.”

From Washington Post

Once I was lost every night for months with Doughty in the "Arabia Deserta."

From Project Gutenberg

I never felt more anxious—not on any of Philip's dreadful yachting expeditions, nor even when he went on that perilous exploring tour into Arabia Deserta, I do think.

From Project Gutenberg

Desirous of traversing Arabia Deserta, with a view of reaching Egypt, the young wanderer now dismissed all his followers with the exception of fifty, who elected to share his dangers.

From Project Gutenberg

Doughty's Arabia Deserta is full of poetry.

From Project Gutenberg