Asir
Americannoun
noun
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The bus was transporting the pilgrims to the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Monday when it hit a bridge in the south-western province of Asir, overturned and caught fire.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023
“My community has been held hostage,” Asir Naqvi, a Liberal member of Parliament representing the downtown area, told a parliamentary hearing Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022
In Asir, any such holistic approach still appears a long way off.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2016
They called him Sheikh, or Emir, or by his kunya, Abu Asir.
From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015
Considerable forests are said to exist in Asir, and Burton found a few fine specimens which he regarded as the remains of an old forest, on the Tehama range in Midian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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