arabian peninsula

Noun
  1. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;
    Strategically important for its oil resources (synset 108866686)
    domain member region: ameer, amir, emeer, emir - an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
    is an instance of: peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
    member holonym: 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
    has:
    • muscat and oman, oman, sultanate of oman - a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
    • katar, katar peninsula, qatar, qatar peninsula - a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
    • kingdom of saudi arabia, saudi arabia - an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
    • 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
    • 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
    • united arab emirates - a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves
    • republic of yemen, yemen - a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
    • arabian desert, great arabian desert - a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
    is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    same as: arabia

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