Saudi Arabia en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌsɔː.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/
- sä-o͞o′dē ə-rā′bē-ə
- sô′dē ə-rā′bē-ə
- sou′dē ə-rā′bē-ə
- /ˌsaʊ.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/
Etymology
See Saudi and Arabia.
Meanings
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A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
I’ve been visiting Saudi Arabia for close to two decades and in that time I’ve experienced some incredible things.
2020 December 5, Nic Robertson, “Saudi Arabia has changed beyond recognition. But will tourists want to visit?”, in CNN:Little did anyone dream that Sa’udi Arabia possessed the world's largest oil reserves, which would eventually bring incredible wealth and power but would also undermine an ancient Eastern way of life.
[1983, Glenn E. Perry, “Rebellion, Emulation, and Reaction: 1920–1939”, in The Middle East: Fourteen Islamic Centuries, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212:In the three and a half years since the start of the Second World War the Sa’udi king had received annually from Great Britain some £3 million in goods and silver coins, plus some £750,000 which Casoc advanced in 1941 and again in 1942 against royalties anticipated from post-war oil sales. But in the two years after the signing of the February 1943 Lend–Lease order some $33 million (nearly £8 million) in cash, goods and bullion flooded into Sa’udi Arabia from the USA on top of oil revenues, and Abdul Aziz was at least £1 million a year better off – for, in their eagerness to make up for lost time in Arabia, the Americans gave with both hands.
[1981, Robert Lacey, “The Second World War”, in The Kingdom, New York; London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 263:
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Translations (156)
mt l-Arabja Sawdita (country in West Asia) · rsk Саудийска Арабия (country in West Asia) · yo Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · fi Saudi-Arabia (country in West Asia) · ko 사우디 (country in West Asia) · nv Ásáí Bikéyah Saʼoodí (country in West Asia) · nl Saudi-Arabië (country in West Asia) · mt l-Għarbija Sawdija (country in West Asia) · fa-ira عَرَبِسْتانِ سَعودی (country in West Asia) · ta சவுதி அரேபியா (country in West Asia) · tl Arabyang Saudi (country in West Asia) · ps سعودي عربستان (country in West Asia) · kk Сауд Арабиясы (country in West Asia) · es Arabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · ja サウジ (country in West Asia) · eo Saud-Arabio (country in West Asia) · uz Saudiya Arabistoni (country in West Asia) · ur سَعُودی عَرَب (country in West Asia) · nrf Arabie Saudi (country in West Asia) · ca Aràbia Saudita (country in West Asia) · tk Saud Arabystany (country in West Asia) · gu સાઉદી અરેબિયા (country in West Asia) · yi סאַוּדי אַראַביע (country in West Asia) · mn Саудын Араб (country in West Asia) · ur سعودیہ (country in West Asia) · tr Arabistan (country in West Asia) · luy Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · sv Saudiarabien (country in West Asia) · shn မိူင်းသေႃႇတီႇဢႃႇရေးပီးယႃး (country in West Asia) · th ซาอุดีอาระเบีย (country in West Asia) · cmn 沙特阿拉伯 (country in West Asia) · cs Saúdská Arábie (country in West Asia) · fa-ira عَرَبِسْتان (country in West Asia) · he סָעוּדְיָה (country in West Asia) · ka საუდის არაბეთი (country in West Asia) · hy Սաուդյան Արաբիա (country in West Asia) · ha Saudi Arebiya (country in West Asia) · af Saoedi-Arabië (country in West Asia) · ga Ríocht na hAraibe Sádaí (country in West Asia) · hi सउदी अरब (country in West Asia) · lt Saudo Arabija (country in West Asia) · ja サウジアラビア (country in West Asia) · km អារ៉ាប៊ីសាអូឌីត (country in West Asia) · ur سعودی عربستان (country in West Asia) · tg Арабистони Саудӣ (country in West Asia) · prs عَرَبِسْتَانِ سَعُودِی (country in West Asia) · mer Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · it Arabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · be Сау́даўская Ара́вія (country in West Asia) · az Ərəbistan (country in West Asia) · sw Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · ki Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · ky Сауд Аравиясы (country in West Asia) · ro Arabia Saudită (country in West Asia) · vi Ả Rập Xê Út (country in West Asia) · pl Arabia Saudyjska (country in West Asia) · kn ಸೌದಿ ಅರೇಬಿಯಾ (country in West Asia) · ha Saudiyya (country in West Asia) · ar السُّعُودِيَّة (country in West Asia) · bo ས་དི་ཨ་རབ (country in West Asia) · kln Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · cmn 沙烏地阿拉伯 /沙乌地阿拉伯 (country in West Asia) · is Sádi-Arabía (country in West Asia) · es Arabia Saudí (country in West Asia) · sq Arabi Saudite (country in West Asia) · bn সৌদি আরব (country in West Asia) · oc Arabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · gv Yn Araab Saudi (country in West Asia) · ha Ƙasar Maka (country in West Asia) · mr सउदी अरब (country in West Asia) · ru Сауди́я (country in West Asia) · crh Saudiy Arabistan (country in West Asia) · lo ອາຣັບບີ ຊາອູດິດ (country in West Asia) · tk Arabystan (country in West Asia) · aii ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܥܵܪܵܒܵܝܬܵܐ ܣܲܥܘܼܕܵܝܬܵܐ (country in West Asia) · aii ܣܲܥܘܼܕܝܼܵܐ (country in West Asia) · is Sádí-Arabía (country in West Asia) · vi Ả-rập Xau-đi (country in West Asia) · ru Сау́довская Ара́вия (country in West Asia) · gl Arabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · uk Сау́дівська Ара́вія (country in West Asia) · nl Saoedi-Arabië (country in West Asia) · pt Arábia Saudita (country in West Asia) · cmn 沙特 (country in West Asia) · vi A-rập Xê-út (country in West Asia) · tg Арабистон (country in West Asia) · ur سعودی عربیہ (country in West Asia) · pa ਸਾਊਦੀ ਅਰਬ (country in West Asia) · luo Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · sq Arabia Saudite (country in West Asia) · si සවුදි අරාබියාව (country in West Asia) · sh Са̀удӣјска А̀ра̄бија (country in West Asia) · et Saudi Araabia (country in West Asia) · mk Саудиска Арабија (country in West Asia) · he עֲרָב הַסָעוּדִית (country in West Asia) · az Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı (country in West Asia) · ba Сәғүд Ғәрәбстаны (country in West Asia) · uz Arabiston (country in West Asia) · za Sahdwz Ahlahbwz (country in West Asia) · ab Саудтәи Аравиа (country in West Asia) · cy Sawdi Arabia (country in West Asia) · br Arabia Saoudat (country in West Asia) · prs عَرَبِسْتَان (country in West Asia) · tl Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · hi अरबिस्तान (country in West Asia) · bo སའུ་དི་ཨ་ར་པི་ཡ (country in West Asia) · sw Saudia (country in West Asia) · lo ອາລັບເຊົາດິດ (country in West Asia) · acw السعودية (country in West Asia) · kam Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · ml സൗദി അറേബ്യ (country in West Asia) · tt Согуд Гарәбстаны (country in West Asia) · co Àrabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · kum Сауд Арабыстаны (country in West Asia) · hi सऊदी अरब (country in West Asia) · sk Saudská Arábia (country in West Asia) · kmr Erebistana Siûdî (country in West Asia) · id Arab Saudi (country in West Asia) · ti ስዑዲ ዓረብ (country in West Asia) · ast Arabia Saudita (country in West Asia) · ia Arabia Saudi (country in West Asia) · ug سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان (country in West Asia) · ky Сауд Арабстан (country in West Asia) · nb Saudi-Arabia (country in West Asia) · ps عربستان (country in West Asia) · de Saudi-Arabien (country in West Asia) · ce Саӏудийн ӏаьрбийчоь (country in West Asia) · lv Saūda Arābija (country in West Asia) · el Σαουδική Αραβία (country in West Asia) · nn Saudi-Arabia (country in West Asia) · ms Arab Saudi (country in West Asia) · ar ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة ٱلسُّعُودِيَّة (country in West Asia) · ko 사우디아라비아 (country in West Asia) · bg Сау́дитска Ара́бия (country in West Asia) · tr Suudi Arabistan (country in West Asia) · ga An Araib Shádach (country in West Asia) · mn ᠰᠠᠤᠳᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠪ (country in West Asia) · sh Sàudījska Àrābija (country in West Asia) · kmr Erebistan (country in West Asia) · mt l-Arabja Sawdija (country in West Asia) · lad Arabia Saudi (country in West Asia) · te సౌదీ అరేబియా (country in West Asia) · hu Szaúd-Arábia (country in West Asia) · gag Saudi Arabiya (country in West Asia) · eo Saudarabio (country in West Asia) · am ሳዑዲ አረቢያ (country in West Asia) · kk Сауд Арабстаны (country in West Asia) · my ဆော်ဒီအာရေဗ္ယ (country in West Asia) · lo ອາຣາບີຊາອູດີ (country in West Asia) · fr Arabie Saoudite (country in West Asia) · eu Saudi Arabia (country in West Asia) · sl Savdska Arabija (country in West Asia) · yi סאַוּדיע (country in West Asia) · sl Saudova Arabija (country in West Asia) · da Saudi-Arabien (country in West Asia) · ug ئەرەبىستان (country in West Asia)