Rubʿ al Khali

[roob ahl khah-lee, roob al kah-lee]

noun

1. a desert in southern Arabia, north of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).

Rub` al Khali

/ ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːlɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Ar Rimal. English names: Great Sandy Desert.  Empty Quarter. a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

It gives the example of the Rub’ al Khali, or Empty Quarter, a desert in the southern Arabian Peninsula, as a place that was historically uncommon for desert locust outbreaks but then became a hotspot.

From Seattle Times

Not even sandstorms could dampen the mood on location in Jordan’s Wadi Rum and Rub’ al Khali in Abu Dhabi.

From Los Angeles Times

A flame burns at an oil facility run by Saudi Aramco in the Rub al Khali desert.

From New York Times

The team collected samples of sand from Jordan in water bottles so they could match its color to another location, and ended up in the vast dune fields of the Rub’ Al Khali desert in Abu Dhabi.

From New York Times

To sate the needs of the Roman Empire, camels hauled some 3,000 tons of it a year across the desolation of Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali, or Empty Quarter, the largest unbroken sweep of sand on earth.

From New York Times