单词 | saudi arabian |
释义 | Saudi Arabianadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, a kingdom founded in 1932 by Abdul Aziz ibn Sa‘ūd (1882–1953), comprising the greater part of the Arabian peninsula. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Saudi Arabia Saudi1933 Saudi Arabian1934 Saudian1950 1934 Times 23 Nov. 13/7 Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, the Saudi Arabian Minister to the Court of St. James's, is about to return to Mecca. 1951 Britannica Bk. of Year 48/1 Syria undertook to supply Syrian goods for Saudi-Arabian consumption. 1951 Britannica Bk. of Year 48/1 The Saudi Arabian province of Hasa on the Persian Gulf. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 504/2 The financial strength of the Sa‘udi Arabian government has been greatly increased by the granting of foreign concessions for oil and minerals. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Arabia or Saudi Arabia > [noun] Arabianc1380 Araba1382 Arabya1398 Saudi1933 Saudi Arabian1947 1947 K. Philby Let. in F. Maclean Take Nine Spies (1978) vii. 251 Ignorance and arrogance make a bad combination, and the Saudi Arabians have both. 1959 G. A. Lipsky Saudi Arabia i. 2 Loyalty to the family..and loyalty to the tribe are the strongest bonds felt by most Saudi Arabians. 1976 Alyn & Deeside Observer 10 Dec. 9/6 A group of Saudi Arabians in Chester, celebrated one of their own religious feasts last week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1934 |
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