Araby

American  

[ar-uh-bee] / ˈær ə bi /

noun

Literary.

1. Arabia.

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Araby British  

/ ˈærəbɪ /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic name for Arabia

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Etymology

Origin of Araby

1125–75; Middle English Arabye < Old French Arabie < Latin Arabia

Example Sentences

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

“No employee deserves to feel stigmatized and unsafe at work because of an outdated testing method,” Araby said.

From Los Angeles Times

More than 2,000 of the 30,000 San Francisco Bay Area members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 have been sickened and some have died from the coronavirus, said Jim Araby, the union’s director of strategic campaigns.

From Seattle Times

“We have to start treating this as endemic,” Mr. Araby said.

From New York Times

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