arabia

1. 1.

   a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources

   SynonymsArabian Peninsula

   Broaderpeninsula

   Part ofAsia

   PartsOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaNejdHejazUnited Arab Emirates

Other forms of arabia

plural

arabias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arabia

What does arabia mean?

arabia means "a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources".

How many syllables are in arabia?

arabia has 4 syllables: a-ra-bi-a. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /əˈɹeɪbiə/.

What is another word for arabia?

Close synonyms include Arabian Peninsula. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arabia a common word?

arabia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.