Arabia

/əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/ name

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  1. 1
    A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
  2. 2
    The region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates.

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"Saudi Arabia is very rich in oil."

Etymology

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

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