Arabian

[ uh-rey-bee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Arabia or its inhabitants.
2. Arab.
3. Arabic.

noun

1. an inhabitant of Arabia.
2. an Arab.
3. Arabian horse.

Arabian

/ əˈreɪbɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Arabia or the Arabs

noun

1. See Arab
   another word for Arab

Other Words From

• an·ti-A·ra·bi·an adjective noun
• pro-A·ra·bi·an adjective noun
• trans-A·ra·bi·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arabian¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Arabi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

So in an episode that played out like a political thriller, in 1811, Muhammed Ali invited many senior Mamluk members of the realm to his palace in Cairo – to apparently toast the start of a war with the Wahhabis in the Arabian peninsula.

From Realm of History

Axes quickly spread through Africa, then were carried by modern humans into the Arabian peninsula, Australia, and ultimately Europe.

From Singularity Hub 

Wecker brings together mythical figures from different traditions—the Jewish golem and the Arabian jinni—in an entertaining and surprising tale set in early-20th-century New York.

From Outside Online

You have to know what kind of seam works for the Arabian vinyl.

From Time

Traditional Arabian techniques like mashrabiya have been incorporated into iconic modern buildings in Abu Dhabi, a city in one of the most heat-threatened countries in the world.

From Popular-Science

As the Arabian Peninsula flourished, the area became the center of cultural development.

From The Daily Beast

A Saudi Arabian television ad for Viagra shows a man struggling to push a straw through the lid of his beverage.

From The Daily Beast

The Saudi Arabian government paid for her tuition in addition to a $1,800 stipend for personal expenses.

From The Daily Beast

So was Nasir al Wuhayshi, the Yemeni firebrand who runs al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

From The Daily Beast

Dusty paths lined with flickering orange lanterns led us to our final camp, a slice of dramatic Arabian luxury.

From The Daily Beast

The apocryphal gospels contain many, and some are preserved by Persian and Arabian poets.

From Project Gutenberg

To the girls, that jolting ride was like an adventure straight from the Arabian Nights.

From Project Gutenberg

A short distance from the station lay a true Arabian sand desert, but which was fortunately not of very great extent.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the Phoenicians and the Amorites belong to the first stage of the second great Arabian migration.

From Project Gutenberg

I was warned secretly by a strange Arabian woman, who required of me solemn oath not to reveal her.

From Project Gutenberg