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Araby
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tags: [geography] [obsolete]
► definition
Definition:an obsolete name for Arabia which is the largest peninsula in the world. The peninsula of Arabia includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
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the clear voices of girls, already gathered like crickets on the grass, rose through the hot twilight:
“I’m the Sheik of Araby.
Your love belongs to me.
At night when you’re are asleep
Into your tent I’ll creep ——”
F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby (1925)
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She asked me was I going to Araby. I forgot whether I answered yes or no. It would be a splendid bazaar, she said; she would love to go.
(in this sense it was actually a fair...)
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