Arab : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Arab	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Arab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arab n 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 Synonym(s): Arab, Arabian a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia Synonym(s): Arabian, Arab
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [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. [?].] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat. Rev.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Arab, AL (city, FIPS 2116) Location: 34.32964 N, 86.50013 W Population (1990): 6321 (2745 housing units) Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35016 Arab, MO Zip code(s): 63733
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Arab ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Arab, multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust