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
For more than two years, respected colleagues have been talking up the merits of Araby, a tiny but mighty fiction debut by Brazilian film-makers João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2019
The clanging thump of the Araby disco reached us intermittently on breezes.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2015
The incident smeared muck onto everyone who came in contact with it, including Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, and various sultans of Araby.
From Slate ● May 28, 2012
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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