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Arabia English

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Meaning Arabia meaning

What does Arabia mean?

Arabia

— noun (= Arabian Peninsula) a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources

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How do I use Arabia in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Saudi Arabia is very rich in oil.

Women are not permitted to drive cars in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula.

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia will remove the ban on women driving.

Coffee was introduced into Europe from Arabia.

Arabia abounds in oil.

I've seen just now that the ambassador of Saudi Arabia has resigned.

Saudi Arabia does not issue tourist visas.

I'm from Saudi Arabia.

Movie subtitles

Ashenden's going to Switzerland to find a German agent who's leaving for Arabia shortly via Constantinople.

Have you ever been in Arabia, Mr. Bone?

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.

When one of those oil companies decides that they can't lay a pipeline in Arabia without the services of Dr. Clinton Reed.

My first impulse was to go to Arabia and take a look at the situation.

Next stop, Arabia, sir.

Well, Gypsy comes from Arabia, Egypt.

I get Saudi Arabia!

He might be in Arabia.

Does the Arab Bureau want a big thing in Arabia?

The Arab Bureau thinks you would be of use to them in Arabia.

I mean, his intentions in Arabia altogether.

I fear they hunger for Arabia.

To England and Arabia both?

He had a role in the epic big-screen Lawrence of Arabia in 1962, and his final film was The Greatest Story Ever Told in 1965.

I went to Egypt, and from Egypt I went to China, from China I went to Arabia.

So sorry. Have you ever been in Arabia, Mr. Bone?

Oil from Arabia! Diamonds from Africa!

He's of no use here in Cairo. He might be in Arabia. He knows his stuff, sir.

We can cross Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round.

In 13 weeks I can have Arabia in chaos.

Arabia's part of his empire.

Arabia's for the Arabs now.

News and current affairs

How it is received may not only determine the state of Israel-Palestine negotiations for a considerable time to come, but Saudi Arabia's domestic peace as well.

At the same time, Bush's emphasis on a one-dimensional, militarized approach to global problems has fueled unrest and instability throughout the Islamic world, leading to increased terrorism in Turkey, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Southeast Asia.

In Berlin, as in other large German cities, taxis sport the flags of their drivers' home countries - from Angola to Saudi Arabia.

It would also trigger uncontrolled regional nuclear proliferation, with Saudi Arabia and Egypt leading the way.

But Saudi Arabia continues to be deeply wary of any sort of change, and thus remains a huge and seemingly immovable obstacle to region-wide reform.

The reformers believe that such reforms are the only way for Saudi Arabia to survive the threat of violence, instability, and national fragmentation that is looming on its horizon.

Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler in place of his incapacitated half-brother King Fahd, is keen to be seen as a champion of reform.

As things stand in Saudi Arabia, the US administration has no credible ally for change outside of the existing regime.

The liberal reformers who have been jailed could have paved the way for a peaceful transition to a reformed Saudi Arabia.

In these volatile circumstances, greater attention must be given to the national interests of countries such as Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel.

Would it withdraw in the face of the consequent strategic threat to its three allies - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel - in the region?

For example, Uganda's Idi Amin and Ethiopia's Haile Mariam Mengistu--deposed tyrants who rival Saddam in the scale of their criminality--have taken care not to stray from their shelters in Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe, respectively.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent tour of Middle East capitals helped spread the word to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states that any US failure and sudden withdrawal would be certain to destabilize them.

Some hawks might welcome the destabilisation of Saudi Arabia.

We returned to Palestine in 1996 from Saudi Arabia, where my father had been working as a teacher.

Indeed, an attack would most likely increase America's reliance on unsavory Islamist rulers in countries ranging from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile, America's support for the regimes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia has contributed to the rise of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

This leaves Iran the opening it needs to place a strategic bet that the Syrian conflict will generate increasing friction between the West and Iran's regional archrival, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and private donors subsequently filled it by channeling support to extremist elements of the opposition, strengthening their hand at the expense of those being called moderates.

Thus, uniting the forces of status quo conservatism, even if some of those conservatives are Christian, is the only viable diplomatic strategy open to Saudi Arabia.

The US alone imports 1.5 million barrels a day from West Africa, the same amount it imports from Saudi Arabia.

And regional players like South Africa, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, and South Korea among others, will also have to be reckoned with in future regional disputes.

True, China cannot entirely overlook US pressure and the staunch opposition of its top oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, to Iran's nuclear program.