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South Arabian

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of South Arabia

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Britain's plans for independence apply to the whole South Arabian Federation, which includes not only Aden but 16 sheikdoms.

From Time Magazine Archive

His military interests, furthermore, lie not in Israel but in Yemen and in the South Arabian Federation, which is due to receive its independence from Britain next year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last year the British bowed to nationalist demands and announced that they would grant independence in 1968 to a South Arabian federation of Aden and 16 neighboring sheikdoms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Saudi arms and supplies are flowing back again to Imam el Badr's Royalists through the southern Saudi towns of Najran and Qizan, and from the South Arabian town of Beihan al Qasab.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Hodeda has become the chief centre of the maritime trade of Turkish Yemen, and has superseded Mokha as the great port of export of South Arabian coffee.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various