saudi arabia

Noun
  1. An absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia;
    Vast oil reserves dominate the economy (synset 109015658)
    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
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    member holonym: saudi, saudi arabian - a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
    belongs to:
    • 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
    has:
    • capital of saudi arabia, riyadh - joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia
    • 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
    • al madinah, medina - a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
    • 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
    • jed'dah, jeddah, jidda, jiddah - port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca
    • tabuk - a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia
    • taif - a city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca
    • 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
    • an nafud, an nefud, nafud, nefud - a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds
    • 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
    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
    same as: kingdom of saudi arabia

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