Bahrain

or Bah·rein

[ bah-reyn, -rahyn, buh- ]

noun

1. a sheikdom in the Persian Gulf, consisting of a group of islands: formerly a British protectorate; declared independent 1971. 232 sq. mi. (601 sq. km). : Manama.
2. the largest island in this group, and the site of most of the country's oil fields. 213 sq. mi. (552 sq. km).

Bahrain

/ bɑːˈreɪn /

noun

1. an independent sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf, consisting of several islands: under British protection until the declaration of independence in 1971. It has large oil reserves. Language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Manama. Pop: 1 281 332 (2013 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)

Bahrain

1. Island kingdom in the Persian Gulf off the coasts of Saudi Arabia and Qatar .

Notes

Revenues from oil reserves, first discovered in 1931, have funded some of the most progressive programs in the Arabian nations.

British protectorate from 1820 to 1971.

Example Sentences

With Lewis Hamilton’s win in the opening round at Bahrain last month — on his way toward breaking Michael Schumacher’s all-time record with eight titles — Mercedes looks set to continue its unprecedented run of dominance.

From FiveThirtyEight

The company is testing its candidates in Bahrain, Morocco, and Peru, and claimed in September that it had made agreements for clinical trials in at least seven other countries.

From Fortune

Because it is the right thing to do—for Bahrain, for the Palestinians, and for the region.

From Fortune

Bahrain’s future—like its past—depends on openness, tolerance, and diversity.

From Fortune

Bahrain is on the anti-Iran side, and it arguably has good reason to be.

From Vox

She even lauded the “amazing hospitality” of Sheikh Khalifa and the “Kingdom of Bahrain” on Twitter (before deleting the tweets).

From The Daily Beast

But activists now fear that Bahrain will import the canisters via a third country to evade export controls.

From The Daily Beast

The Obama administration has banned the sale of U.S.-made tear gas canisters to Bahrain, but not all countries have done the same.

From The Daily Beast

If you are Qatar or Bahrain or Saudi Arabia, your nightmare is Iran, not Zionism.

From The Daily Beast

Nearby Bahrain has been wracked by protests and riots, and just across the Persian Gulf is a nuclear-arming Iran.

From The Daily Beast

In the sunset, which is somewhat fiery, Shuturun and the precipices of the Tang-i-Bahrain are reddening.

From Project Gutenberg

Hopeful reform is already taking hold in an arc from Morocco to Jordan to Bahrain.

From Project Gutenberg

And now all the Arabians of Bahrain had become converts to his religion.

From Project Gutenberg