Arab
pronunciation
How to pronounce Arab in British English:
UK [ˈærəb]
How to pronounce Arab in American English:
US [ˈærəb]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
Word Origin
- Arab (n.)
- late 14c. (Arabes, a plural form), from Old French Arabi, from Latin Arabs (accusative Arabem), from Greek Araps (genitive Arabos), from Arabic 'arab, indigenous name of the people, perhaps literally "inhabitant of the desert" and related to Hebrew arabha "desert." Meaning "homeless little wanderer, child of the street" is from 1848 (originally Arab of the city), in reference to nomadic ways. Arab League formed in Cairo, March 22, 1945.
Example
- 1. The arab spring is anathema to them .
- 2. Was the arab spring both inevitable and too late ?
- 3. There was no need to canvass arab opinion .
- 4. His act sparked the arab revolutions .
- 5. The arab revolutions have spooked the leadership .