Vi fant 2 definisjoner av arabian peninsula på engelsk.
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| Arabian Peninsula - a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources | ||
| Arabia | ||
| asia the nations of the Asian continent collectively | ||
| muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil | ||
| katar peninsula, qatar peninsula, katar, qatar a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf | ||
| kingdom of saudi arabia, saudi arabia an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy | ||
| najd, nejd a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| hedjaz, hejaz, hijaz a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | ||
| united arab emirates a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves | ||
| republic of yemen, yemen a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 | ||
| great arabian desert, arabian desert a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia | ||
| arab, arabian a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa | ||