Definitions for arab
ˈær əbarab

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Arab, Arabiannoun

   a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

2. Arabian, Arabnoun

   a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Arabnoun

   A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia

2. Arabnoun

   A member of an Arabic-speaking community

3. Arabnoun

   A particular breed of horse.

4. Arabadjective

   of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations

5. Etymology: From عرب "Arabs" or عربي "Arab" (adjective), "Arabic".

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1. arab

   Arab refers to an ethnic group of people who are primarily associated with the Arab world, which consists of 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This includes countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. Arab people share common cultural characteristics and linguistic ties, with Arabic being their primary language. The term Arab can also refer to descendants of these people who live in other parts of the world. Arab culture and history are often intertwined with Islam, as the Arab world has been a major center of the Islamic religion since its inception in the 7th century.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Arabnoun

   one of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc

2. Etymology: [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. .]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Arab

   ar′ab, n. a native of Arabia: an Arab horse, noted for its gracefulness and speed: a neglected or homeless boy or girl—usually Street or City Arab.—adj. of or belonging to Arabia.—adj. Arāb′ian, relating to Arabia.—n. a native of Arabia.—adj. Ar′abic, relating to Arabia, or to its language.—n. the language of Arabia.—ns. Ar′abism, an Arabic idiom; Ar′abist, one skilled in the Arabic language or literature; Ar′aby, a poetical form of Arabia. [L. Arabs, Arab-em—Gr. Araps.]

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1. arab

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2. ARAB

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARAB

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arab is ranked #43285 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Arab surname appeared 499 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Arab.
   
   51.5% or 257 total occurrences were White.
   19.8% or 99 total occurrences were Asian.
   18.4% or 92 total occurrences were Black.
   5.6% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4.6% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Semite
   • Saddle Horse

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arab' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4040

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'arab' in Adjectives Frequency: #555

Anagrams for arab »

1. abra

2. Abra

3. baar

4. arba

5. bara

How to pronounce arab?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say arab in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of arab in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of arab in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of arab in a Sentence

1. Public Minister Gilad Erdan:

   We don't distinguish between Jewish terrorism and Arab terrorism, but the truth needs to be told: there is Jewish terrorism but in terms of size and numbers it is not at the same extent.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   The right regime is in danger, the Arab voters are coming in huge amounts to the polls, the leftists are bringing them (Arabs) in huge amounts to polls using buses. ... We have an urgent wake-up call.

3. Richard Gowan:

   It looks like Russia may table new peace proposals for Syria, but the chances of a breakthrough are low, putin will use his first visit to the U.N. in a decade to defend his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad forcefully, but Western and Arab governments will respond equally toughly.

4. Yakhi Balak:

   In many cases the local wealthy Arab residents were among the buyers of sex slaves, different prices were paid at the time of purchase and in some cases slaves were sold for a profit. Buy back prices were usually higher than slave market price.

5. Bin Farhan:

   The Crown Prince's discussion with President Biden focused on how to address the Iranian threat. And here, we talked about, first of all, negotiations, but also putting together enough pressure to incentivize the Iranians to come to the negotiating table, we are having discussions with Iran, as Bin Farhan know, so is the United Arab Emirates, so are our friends in Qatar, Kuwait, so we all as the GCC collective are talking to the Iranians because we want to resolve our differences through dialogue, we hope that the Iranians will respond in kind.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=arab
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arab
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arab
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=arab
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html