South Arabia

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Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.

Federation of, a short-lived federation in S Arabia, overlapping the Protectorate of South Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.

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How to use South Arabia in a sentence

The knowledge of coffee spread from Yemen in south Arabia over the whole world.
Topsy-Turvy Land|Samuel M. Zwemer
The successive kingdoms of South Arabia (Yemen) were essentially commercial.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6|Various
Kūfa attracted chiefly men of south Arabia, Basra those of the north.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3|Various
The latter seem to have lived either in south Arabia or in north-east Africa.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

Joseph Halevi made many valuable discoveries of inscriptions in South Arabia, which he traversed in 1869.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela|Benjamin of Tudela

British Dictionary definitions for South Arabia

South Arabia

noun

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

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