arab
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Arab
n 1: 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
[syn: {Arab}, {Arabian}]
2: a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to
Arabia [syn: {Arabian}, {Arab}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a
desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote
the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi,
arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. ?.]
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
[1913 Webster]
{Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Arab, AL (city, FIPS 2116)
Location: 34.32964 N, 86.50013 W
Population (1990): 6321 (2745 housing units)
Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35016
Arab, MO
Zip code(s): 63733
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Arab, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 7174
Housing Units (2000): 3223
Land area (2000): 12.768564 sq. miles (33.070427 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.081631 sq. miles (0.211423 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 12.850195 sq. miles (33.281850 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02116
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.327863 N, 86.498613 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35016
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Arab, AL
Arab
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Arab":
Bedouin, Bohemian, Romany, Zigeuner, beach bum, beachcomber,
beggar, bo, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, gypsy,
hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel,
mudlark, nomad, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder,
ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner,
surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp,
turnpiker, tzigane, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif,
waifs and strays, wastrel, zingaro
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