Asir
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Indeed, so much of Abha, the capital of the southwestern province of Asir, seems a world away — and two dozen degrees cooler — from the scorching desert that dominates Western notions of the kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025
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
It presents some of the same preservation challenges as the villages of Asir, where like in Jeddah, most old houses are privately owned and some are in grave disrepair.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2016
They called him Sheikh, or Emir, or by his kunya, Abu Asir.
From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015
For the moment I thought that she saw some vision of the Asir beyond my ken, and then knew that it was indeed to myself that she spoke.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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