interests millions of non-Arab Muslims, who do not speak it as a native language, to learn it to different levels, mainly because it is the language of their holy book, the Quran, and all Islamic terms are Arabic

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a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire and later of the Sassanid Empire, by the name of Arabistan

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Arabia Felix also called Arabia

the name previously used by geographers to describe what is now modern-day Yemen

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Arabian Plate also called Arabia

one of three tectonic plates (the African, Arabian and Indian crustal plates) which have been moving northward over millions of years toward an inevitable collision with Eurasia

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Arabian Peninsula also called Arabia

a geographic area in Asia

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Arab world also called Arabia

refers to Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast

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Arabian horse also called Arabia

a breed of horse with a reputation for intelligence, spirit, and stamina

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Arabia Deserta also called Arabia

("Desert Arabia") in Latin signified the desert interior of the Arabian peninsula

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Arabia Petraea also called Arabia

a Roman province

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a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert

in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-arabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-arab

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

The coasts of the peninsula are, on the west the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, on the southeast the Arabian Sea (part of the Indian Ocean), and on the northeast, the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf

Its northern limit is defined by the Iranian and Iraqi mountain range of Zagros collision zone, a mountainous uplift where a continental collision between the Arabian Plate and Asia is occurring

Wadi Shab, Oman

The old part of Sana, Yemen

The Arabian Peninsula

The oil boom in Kuwait converted Kuwait City from a small city to a financial hub

Emirates towers in United Arab Emirates

High resolution scan of old map of Arabia

The Arabian Peninsula

Ras Aljinz, southeastern Arabia (Oman) also known as the 'Turtle Beach'

merges with the Syrian Desert with no clear line of demarcation

In his book, 'The Real Eve', Oppenheimer claims based on mitochondrial evidence in conjunction with the contemporary environment (ie glaciation, sea levels) corresponding to these molecular clock timelines that the very first humans to leave Africa c

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia covers the greater part of the peninsula

Geologically, this region is perhaps more appropriately called the Arabian subcontinent because it lies on a tectonic plate of its own, the Arabian Plate, which has been moving incrementally away from northeast Africa (forming the Red Sea) and north

Most of the Arabian Peninsula is unsuited to settled agriculture, making irrigation and land reclamation projects essential

The extraction and refining of oil and gas are the major industrial activities in the Arabian Peninsula

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Arab peninsula
also called Arabia and has 8 more synonyms ↓
Arabia Magna
Arabia/Arab Peninsula
Arabian
Arabian Peninsula
Arabian subcontinent
Arabic Peninsula
Subregions of Asia
The Arabian Peninsula
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one