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arab

/ˈæɹəb/

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What does arab mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

noun

  1. A member of the Semitic ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula.
  2. A person from the Middle East and North Africa, whose mother tongue is Arabic.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. An Arabian horse.
  2. (rare) billion (sense 1); 1,000,000,000; or with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,00,000.
  3. (archaic) A street Arab.

proper noun

  1. A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.
  2. (dated, rare) The Arabic language.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæɹəb/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈeɪɹəb/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Following a brief conversation, the aged Arab--for such he appeared to be--drew aside a strip of matting, revealing a dark recess.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
In addition, a dramatic increase in worker remittances, increased Arab donor aid, and generous debt rescheduling agreements helped ease foreign payments pressures.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
More book examples (3)
The very first baker of bread that ever lived must have done his work exactly as the Arab does at this day.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282
So he and Speke set out on a cruise northward in a crazy old Arab "beden" with ragged sails and worm-eaten timbers.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
The good services of these machines so pleased the Pasha that he requested us to receive three selected Arab men into our works.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476