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arabian

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

A=ra=bi=an

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2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun arabian has 2 senses

arabian(n = noun.person) arab - 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; Array

is a member of arabia, arabian peninsula

is a kind of semite

has particulars: bahraini, bahreini, palestinian, palestinian arab, omani, katari, qatari, saudi, saudi arabian, yemeni, bedouin, beduin, saracen

Derived form adjective arabian₁

arabian(n = noun.animal) arab - a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia; Array

is a kind of mount, riding horse, saddle horse

Derived form adjective arabian₂

Adjective arabian has 2 senses

arabian(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or associated with Arabia or its people; "Arabian Nights"; "Arabian Sea"

Derived forms noun

arabia₁

noun

arabian₁

arabian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to Arabian horses; Array

Derived form noun

arabian₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

arabian, a.

Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]

Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.

arabian, n.

A native of Arabia; an Arab. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

arabian, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to Arabia (esp. with geographical reference) (the Arabian desert).
--n. a native of Arabia.

Idiom

Arabian camel a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, native to the deserts of N. Africa and the Near East, with one hump: also called DROMEDARY.

Usage

Now less common than Arab in this sense.

Etymology

ME f. OF arabi prob. f. Arab. ' arabi, or f. L Arabus, Arabius f. Gk Arabios

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