Arab World

English

Proper noun

the Arab World

  1. (as a minimum) Those Arabic-speaking independent states where Arabic is the main official and spoken language.
  2. (as a maximum) All states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere where Arabic is a language of a significant minority or is a co-official language (including Israel, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and South Sudan) or a territory is not recognised as independent, such as Palestine and Western Sahara.

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