adj
Meaning 1
Related to Arabia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Arabian
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Pronunciation
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/əˈɹeɪ.bi.ən/
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rhymes with -eɪbiən
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 R EY1 B IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A native of Arabia.
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noun
Meaning 3
An Arabian horse.
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to Arabian horses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or associated with Arabia or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Arabian Nights
- Arabian Sea
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noun
Meaning 6
a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arab
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Broader terms: saddle horse, riding horse, mount
noun
Meaning 7
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Arab
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Semite
Narrower terms: Bahraini, Bahreini, Palestinian, Palestinian Arab, Omani, Qatari, Katari, Saudi, Saudi Arabian, Yemeni, Bedouin, Beduin, Saracen
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Arabia Middle English -n English -n English Arabian From Arabia + -n.
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَرَبِي (ʕarabī) — related to Arabia
- Basque: arabiar — related to Arabia
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯的 (Ālābó de) — related to Arabia
- Esperanto: araba — related to Arabia
- Finnish: arabialainen — related to Arabia
- German: arabisch — related to Arabia
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִי (araví) — related to Arabia
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִית (aravít) — related to Arabia
- Hindi: अरबी (arbī) — related to Arabia
- Hindi: अरब (arab) — related to Arabia
- Hungarian: arábiai — related to Arabia
- Ido: Arabiana — related to Arabia
- Irish: Arabach — related to Arabia
- Japanese: アラビアの — related to Arabia
- Korean: 아라비아의 (arabia-ui) — related to Arabia
- Latin: Arabicus — related to Arabia
- Latvian: arābu — related to Arabia
- Latvian: arābisks — related to Arabia
- Malay: Arab — related to Arabia
- Manx: Arabagh — related to Arabia
- Marathi: अरबी (arbī) — related to Arabia
- Marathi: अरेबियन (arebiyan) — related to Arabia
- Old English: Arabisċ — related to Arabia
- Polish: arabski — related to Arabia
- Portuguese: arábico — related to Arabia
- Romanian: arab — related to Arabia
- Romanian: arabic — related to Arabia
- Romanian: arăbesc — related to Arabia
- Russian: ара́бский (arábskij) — related to Arabia
- Russian: арави́йский (aravíjskij) — related to Arabia
- Scottish Gaelic: Arabach — related to Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: ара́бӣјскӣ — related to Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: arábījskī — related to Arabia
- Spanish: árabe — related to Arabia
- Swahili: Waarabu — related to Arabia
- Swedish: arabisk — related to Arabia
- Tagalog: Arabyahin — related to Arabia
- Telugu: అరేబియను (arēbiyanu) — related to Arabia
- Basque: arabiar — person
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯人 (Ālābórén) — person
- Corsican: arabu — person
- Corsican: araba — person
- Finnish: arabi — person
- German: Araber — person
- German: Araberin — person
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִי (araví) — person
- Hebrew: עֲרָבִיָּה (araviyá) — person
- Hindi: अरब (arab) — person
- Hungarian: arab — person
- Ido: Arabiano — person
- Irish: Arabach — person
- Japanese: アラビア人 (Arabia-jin) — person
- Korean: 아랍인 (arabin) — person
- Latvian: arābs — person
- Latvian: arābiete — person
- Malay: orang Arab — person
- Manchu: ᠠᡵᠠᠪ (arab) — person
- Manx: Arabagh — person
- Old English: Arabisċ — person
- Persian: عرب — person
- Polish: Arab — person
- Polish: arabus — person
- Portuguese: árabe — person
- Romanian: arab — person
- Romanian: arabă — person
- Scottish Gaelic: Arabach — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Арапин — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Arapin — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Arábljanīn — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Arabíjac — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Arábljānka — person
- Spanish: árabe — person
- Swahili: mwaarabu — person
- Swedish: arab — person
- Telugu: అరేబియను (arēbiyanu) — person
- Catalan: cavall àrab — horse
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯馬 /阿拉伯马 (ālābómǎ) — horse
- Finnish: arabialainen — horse
- German: Araber — horse
- Hindi: अरब (arab) — horse
- Hindi: अरबी घोड़ा (arbī ghoṛā) — horse
- Hungarian: arab ló — horse
- Hungarian: arab telivér — horse
- Irish: Arabach — horse
- Irish: capall Arabach — horse
- Korean: 아랍종 (arapjong) — horse
- Malay: kuda Arab — horse
- Polish: arab — horse
- Portuguese: árabe — horse
- Romanian: arab — horse
- Romanian: cal arab — horse
- Spanish: árabe — horse
- Swahili: Waarabu — horse
- Swedish: arab — horse
- Vietnamese: Ngựa Ả rập — horse
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