Araby

[ ar-uh-bee ]

noun

, Literary.

1. Arabia.

Araby

/ ˈærəbɪ /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic name for Arabia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Araby¹

1125–75; Middle English Arabye < Old French Arabie < Latin Arabia

Example Sentences

Khaled Meshaal, a Hamas official based in Qatar, told Al Araby television on Monday that seizing so many Israeli captives means that the group now “has what it needs to empty the prisons of all prisoners.”

From Los Angeles Times

Jim Araby, the director of strategic campaigns for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, called the new law a “victory for all workers.”

From Los Angeles Times

“No employee deserves to feel stigmatized and unsafe at work because of an outdated testing method,” Araby said.

From Los Angeles Times

More than 2,000 of the 30,000 San Francisco Bay Area members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 have been sickened and some have died from the coronavirus, said Jim Araby, the union’s director of strategic campaigns.

From Seattle Times

Jim Araby, director of strategic campaigns for the food and commercial workers union in Northern California, said the retail industry needed to put in place more sustainable supports for workers who got ill.

From New York Times