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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]
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]
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
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Arab ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Arab, multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
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