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Arab
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
Arab
(noun)
Shatt al Arab
(proper noun)
United Arab Emirates
(proper noun)
Arab
/
ˈ
erəb/
noun
plural
Arabs
Arab
/
ˈ
erəb/
noun
plural
Arabs
Britannica Dictionary definition of ARAB
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count
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1
:
a member of the people who are originally from the Arabian Peninsula and who now live mostly in the Middle East and northern Africa
2
British
:
arabian horse
— Arab
adjective
the
Arab
states
Arab
history
an
Arab
scholar of the Arabic language
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