Araby
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Araby
1125–75; Middle English Arabye < Old French Arabie < Latin Arabia
Example Sentences
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“No employee deserves to feel stigmatized and unsafe at work because of an outdated testing method,” Araby said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022
“We have to start treating this as endemic,” Mr. Araby said.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022
Chronicling a lost monkey-prince’s journey to self-realisation, it’s part fairytale, part philosophical allegory, and rather more like Araby than you might think.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2019
The clanging thump of the Araby disco reached us intermittently on breezes.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2015
On flatland, nothing could catch them, and even on hills and rocky terrain, there was nothing short of Araby close to their equal.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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