Arabian Desert

American  

[uh-rey-bee-uhn dez-ert] / əˈreɪ bi ən ˈdɛz ərt /

noun

1. Also called Eastern Desert.  a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. About 80,000 sq. mi.(207,000 sq. km).

2. a vast wilderness, the world's fourth largest desert, occupying most of Arabia. About 900,000 sq. mi. (2,330,000 sq. km).

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Arabian Desert British  

noun

1. a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)

2. a desert, mainly in Saudi Arabia, forming the desert area of the Arabian Peninsula, esp in the north. Area: about 2 330 000 sq km (900 000 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Arabian Desert

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

The study 'Monumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition' has been published in Nature Communications.

From Science Daily

The North Arabian Desert oases were inhabited by sedentary populations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE.

From Science Daily

It’s as much an endurance test as a race, drivers and their navigators covering roughly 8,000 miles through the unforgiving landscape of the Arabian Desert over 10 to 15 days.

From Washington Times

If you’re going to make a movie about wish fulfillment, 1980s America is about as good as you can do for a setting outside the Arabian Desert.

From Washington Times

Future wars may be waged in outer space, but the Arabian Desert already saw what military experts dub the world’s first “space war” - the 1991 Desert Storm operation to drive Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

From Washington Times