Arabian Peninsula
n. Arabia, peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait) | ||||
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Arabian Peninsula
Noun
1. a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
(synonym) Arabia
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Asia
(member-meronym) Arab, Arabian
(part-meronym) Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman
(class) emir, amir, emeer, ameer
Noun
1. a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
(synonym) Arabia
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Asia
(member-meronym) Arab, Arabian
(part-meronym) Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman
(class) emir, amir, emeer, ameer
Arabian Peninsula Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية, or جزيرة العرب) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitical role because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.
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