Arabian Desert
Also called East·ern Des·ert . a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. About 80,000 sq. mi.(207,000 sq. km).
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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But there are lots of spoilers in the Arabian Desert who will try to undo the deal.
Yemen's Dangerous Power Vacuum After President Saleh | Bruce Riedel | November 24, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would remind one of the passage of Napoleon across the Arabian Desert, so graphically described by historians.
History of Kershaw's Brigade | D. Augustus DickertBut we cannot fail to be struck from the outset with the genius shown in the choice of a life set in the Arabian Desert.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job | Robert WatsonOne can be as parched on a road in the Sussex hop country as in the Arabian Desert.
Highways & Byways in Sussex | E.V. LucasThe story that follows tells how Forder made his pioneer journey into the Arabian Desert.
The Book of Missionary Heroes | Basil Mathews
Denon tells us that, in crossing the Arabian Desert, a single feed of beans is all their food for a day.
Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom | Samuel Griswold Goodrich
British Dictionary definitions for Arabian Desert
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)
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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