arabia

n. peninsula in the Middle East between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait)

The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية, or جزيرة العرب) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitical role because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.
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Noun
1. a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
(synonym) Arabian Peninsula
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Asia
(member-meronym) Arab, Arabian
(part-meronym) Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman
(class) emir, amir, emeer, ameer

n. Arabia, peninsula in the Middle East

n. Arabia (includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait)