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Arabian

American  
[uh-rey-bee-uhn] / əˈreɪ bi ən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Arabia or its inhabitants.

  2. Arab.

  3. Arabic.


noun

  • Arabians
    plural
  1. an inhabitant of Arabia.

  2. an Arab.

  3. Arabian horse.

Arabian British  
/ əˈreɪbɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Arabia or the Arabs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for Arab

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Arabian

First recorded in 1350–1400; Arabi(a) + -an

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Turtles nest and lay their eggs on the beach while many seabirds breed on the islands, with surrounding waters home to the rare Arabian Sea humpback whale, she added.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

For example, The Sims features same sex couples “which doesn’t align with the Saudi Arabian government values,” added Madhav.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

In 2023 he moved to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq, before joining Dutch side Ajax in January 2024, and returned to the Premier League with Brentford last summer, making 32 top-flight appearances in 2025-26.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The African and Arabian plates were moving northward during the final stage of their collision with Asia.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Reading The Arabian Nights again has started me thinking...can stuff like this really happen?

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The four Bahrain individuals were genetically more like present-day populations from the Levant and Iraq than to Arabians.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2024

Urawa won its second title in 2017 with the Saudi Arabians lifting the trophy two years later.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2023

Mickelson has been at the center of controversy after he reportedly criticized the PGA Tour and backed a proposed golf league being financed by Saudi Arabians.

From Fox News Mar. 21, 2022

After a Polish army defeated the Ottomans at the gates of Vienna in 1683 the Poles took up their tradition of breeding Arabians.

From BBC May 21, 2021

Marlena was standing in the menagerie tent in front of a string of stunning black and white Arabians when August first approached her.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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