Arabia Deserta

[ dih-zur-tuh ]

noun

1. an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia.

Example Sentences

Author of the magisterial “Travels in Arabia Deserta”— which is composed in a dithyrambic, pseudo-biblical prose that either enchants or repulses — Doughty was properly discouraging: “I should dissuade a friend from such a voyage, which is too likely to be most wearisome, hazardous to health & even disappointing.”

From Washington Post

The Romans knew this fertile country as Arabia Felix, in contrast to the relatively barren Arabia Deserta to the north.

From BBC

The Romans knew this fertile country as Arabia Felix, in contrast to the relatively barren Arabia Deserta to the north.

From BBC

The Romans knew this fertile country as Arabia Felix, in contrast to the relatively barren Arabia Deserta to the north.

From BBC

The Romans knew this fertile country as Arabia Felix, in contrast to the relatively barren Arabia Deserta to the north.

From BBC