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BAHRAINI

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Bahrain

Synonyms:

Bahraini; Bahreini

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Bahraini" is a kind of...):

Arab; Arabian (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)

Holonyms ("Bahraini" is a member of...):

Bahrain; Bahrein; State of Bahrain (an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s)

Derivation:

Bahraini (of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language

Example:

Bahraini beaches

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Bahrain (an island in the Persian Gulf)

Derivation:

Bahraini (a native or inhabitant of Bahrain)

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