Arab

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noun

Ar·​ab ˈa-rəb 

ˈer-əb;

 dialectal also  ˈā-ˌrab

1

a

: a member of an Arabic-speaking people

b

: a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula

2

: arabian horse

Arab adjective

Arab

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abbreviation

Arabian; Arabic

Examples of Arab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

This all seemed extremely unlikely a month ago, when Raducanu was still processing what happened at the Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates. —Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Elizabeth Giorgis, a scholar who left her banking job to study African modernism and Ethiopian art history, and went on to become one of the preeminent experts in her field, died on March 16 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025

The league has recently hosted regular season games in London, Mexico City and Paris while taking preseason contests to the United Arab Emirates. —Matias Grez, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025

What To Know Tesla operates in several Middle Eastern countries already, including the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, and Qatar, but Saudi Arabia is the largest market in the Gulf region. —Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Latin Arabus, Arabs, from Greek Arab-, Araps, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian Arabu, Aribi desert nomads, Arabic A'rāb Bedouins

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Phrases Containing Arab

• anti-Arab
• Arab Spring

Rhymes for Arab

• scarab

Kids Definition

Arab

noun

Ar·​ab

ˈar-əb

1

a

: a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula

b

: a member of an Arabic-speaking people

2

: arabian horse

Arab adjective