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SAUDI ARABIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
Synonyms:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Saudi Arabia"):
An Nafud; An Nefud; Nafud; Nefud (a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds)
Hedjaz; Hejaz; Hijaz (a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Najd; Nejd (a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Taif (a city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca)
Tabuk (a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia)
Jed'dah; Jeddah; Jidda; Jiddah (port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca)
Dhahran (an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people)
Al Madinah; Medina (a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam)
Mecca (joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam)
capital of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh (joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia)
Ar Rimsal; Dahna; Great Sandy Desert; Rub al-Khali (a desert in southern Saudi Arabia)
Syrian Desert (a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia)
Meronyms (members of "Saudi Arabia"):
Saudi; Saudi Arabian (a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia)
Domain member region:
Mutawa; Mutawa'een (religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded)
Holonyms ("Saudi Arabia" is a part of...):
Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)
Arabia; Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources)
Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)
Holonyms ("Saudi Arabia" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)
Derivation:
Saudi-Arabian (of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people)
