South Arabia

noun

1. Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
2. Federation of, a short-lived federation in S Arabia, overlapping the Protectorate of South Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.

South Arabia

noun

1. Federation of South Arabia
   the former name (1963–67) of South Yemen (excluding Aden) See also South Yemen

Example Sentences

The knowledge of coffee spread from Yemen in south Arabia over the whole world.

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The successive kingdoms of South Arabia (Yemen) were essentially commercial.

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Kūfa attracted chiefly men of south Arabia, Basra those of the north.

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The latter seem to have lived either in south Arabia or in north-east Africa.

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Joseph Halevi made many valuable discoveries of inscriptions in South Arabia, which he traversed in 1869.

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