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Empty Quarter
Empty Quarter n (Placename) another name for Rub' al Khali Rub' al Kha•li (ˌrʊb æl ˈkɑ li)
n. a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. ab. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km). Also called Empty Quarter, Great Sandy Desert. Empty Quarter
Empty Quartervast desert in the Arabian peninsula. [Geography: EB, VIII: 703]See: Barrenness |