Araby
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Araby
1125–75; Middle English Arabye < Old French Arabie < Latin Arabia
Example Sentences
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Jim Araby, the director of strategic campaigns for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, called the new law a “victory for all workers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Jim Araby, director of strategic campaigns for the food and commercial workers union in Northern California, said the retail industry needed to put in place more sustainable supports for workers who got ill.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Araby is available to stream on their curated menu until mid-September; you’d do well to take the chance while it’s there.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2019
The clanging thump of the Araby disco reached us intermittently on breezes.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2015
On flatland, nothing could catch them, and even on hills and rocky terrain, there was nothing short of Araby close to their equal.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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