Arabia

See also: arabia, Arábia, Arabía, and Aràbia

English

Etymology

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiə

Proper noun

Arabia

  1. A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
  2. (broader sense) The region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈrabia/

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrɑbiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rɑ̝ˌbiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): A‧ra‧bi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): A‧ra‧bia

Proper noun

Arabia

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
  3. A former porcelain factory in Helsinki, once largest in Europe, now one of the brands of the Fiskars Group.
  4. (countable, often uncapitalized) A piece of porcelain produced by, or under the brand of Arabia.

Declension

Inflection of Arabia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Arabia Arabiat
genitive Arabian Arabioiden
Arabioitten
partitive Arabiaa Arabioita
illative Arabiaan Arabioihin
singular plural
nominative Arabia Arabiat
accusative nom. Arabia Arabiat
gen. Arabian
genitive Arabian Arabioiden
Arabioitten
Arabiain rare
partitive Arabiaa Arabioita
inessive Arabiassa Arabioissa
elative Arabiasta Arabioista
illative Arabiaan Arabioihin
adessive Arabialla Arabioilla
ablative Arabialta Arabioilta
allative Arabialle Arabioille
essive Arabiana Arabioina
translative Arabiaksi Arabioiksi
abessive Arabiatta Arabioitta
instructive Arabioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Arabia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Arabiani Arabiani
accusative nom. Arabiani Arabiani
gen. Arabiani
genitive Arabiani Arabioideni
Arabioitteni
Arabiaini rare
partitive Arabiaani Arabioitani
inessive Arabiassani Arabioissani
elative Arabiastani Arabioistani
illative Arabiaani Arabioihini
adessive Arabiallani Arabioillani
ablative Arabialtani Arabioiltani
allative Arabialleni Arabioilleni
essive Arabianani Arabioinani
translative Arabiakseni Arabioikseni
abessive Arabiattani Arabioittani
instructive
comitative Arabioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Arabiasi Arabiasi
accusative nom. Arabiasi Arabiasi
gen. Arabiasi
genitive Arabiasi Arabioidesi
Arabioittesi
Arabiaisi rare
partitive Arabiaasi Arabioitasi
inessive Arabiassasi Arabioissasi
elative Arabiastasi Arabioistasi
illative Arabiaasi Arabioihisi
adessive Arabiallasi Arabioillasi
ablative Arabialtasi Arabioiltasi
allative Arabiallesi Arabioillesi
essive Arabianasi Arabioinasi
translative Arabiaksesi Arabioiksesi
abessive Arabiattasi Arabioittasi
instructive
comitative Arabioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Arabiamme Arabiamme
accusative nom. Arabiamme Arabiamme
gen. Arabiamme
genitive Arabiamme Arabioidemme
Arabioittemme
Arabiaimme rare
partitive Arabiaamme Arabioitamme
inessive Arabiassamme Arabioissamme
elative Arabiastamme Arabioistamme
illative Arabiaamme Arabioihimme
adessive Arabiallamme Arabioillamme
ablative Arabialtamme Arabioiltamme
allative Arabiallemme Arabioillemme
essive Arabianamme Arabioinamme
translative Arabiaksemme Arabioiksemme
abessive Arabiattamme Arabioittamme
instructive
comitative Arabioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Arabianne Arabianne
accusative nom. Arabianne Arabianne
gen. Arabianne
genitive Arabianne Arabioidenne
Arabioittenne
Arabiainne rare
partitive Arabiaanne Arabioitanne
inessive Arabiassanne Arabioissanne
elative Arabiastanne Arabioistanne
illative Arabiaanne Arabioihinne
adessive Arabiallanne Arabioillanne
ablative Arabialtanne Arabioiltanne
allative Arabiallenne Arabioillenne
essive Arabiananne Arabioinanne
translative Arabiaksenne Arabioiksenne
abessive Arabiattanne Arabioittanne
instructive
comitative Arabioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Arabiansa Arabiansa
accusative nom. Arabiansa Arabiansa
gen. Arabiansa
genitive Arabiansa Arabioidensa
Arabioittensa
Arabiainsa rare
partitive Arabiaansa Arabioitaan
Arabioitansa
inessive Arabiassaan
Arabiassansa
Arabioissaan
Arabioissansa
elative Arabiastaan
Arabiastansa
Arabioistaan
Arabioistansa
illative Arabiaansa Arabioihinsa
adessive Arabiallaan
Arabiallansa
Arabioillaan
Arabioillansa
ablative Arabialtaan
Arabialtansa
Arabioiltaan
Arabioiltansa
allative Arabialleen
Arabiallensa
Arabioilleen
Arabioillensa
essive Arabianaan
Arabianansa
Arabioinaan
Arabioinansa
translative Arabiakseen
Arabiaksensa
Arabioikseen
Arabioiksensa
abessive Arabiattaan
Arabiattansa
Arabioittaan
Arabioittansa
instructive
comitative Arabioineen
Arabioinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈra.bja/
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Hyphenation: A‧rà‧bia

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Arrabia (reflecting the heavy first syllable)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

Note: the short first syllable (probably the vowel) can be found metrically lengthened in order to allow the word to fit a dactylic meter, similarly to Ī̆talia.[1]

Proper noun

Ā̆rabia f sg (genitive Ā̆rabiae); first declension

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ā̆rabia
genitive Ā̆rabiae
dative Ā̆rabiae
accusative Ā̆rabiam
ablative Ā̆rabiā
vocative Ā̆rabia

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Propertius, Elegies, book 1, elegy 14, line 19 and book 2, elegy 10, line 16

Further reading

  • Arabia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Arabia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Arabia

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Arabia

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Arabia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑˌrɑ.bi.ɑ/

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula and region of Western Asia)

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative Arabia
accusative Arabie
genitive Arabie
dative Arabie

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Arabia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈra.bja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: A‧ra‧bia

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Declension

adjective

Further reading

  • Arabia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾabja/ [aˈɾa.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: A‧ra‧bia

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Arabia, from Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈɾabja/ [ʔɐˈɾab.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: A‧rab‧ia

Proper noun

Arabia (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜊ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Further reading

  • Arabia”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arabia, from Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

Proper noun

Arabia f

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Arabia
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Arabia unchanged unchanged Harabia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Arabia”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies