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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat. Rev. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Arab n 1: an Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or N Africa [syn: {Arab}, {Arabian}] 2: a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia [syn: {Arabian}, {Arab}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Arab, AL (city, FIPS 2116) Location: 34.32964 N, 86.50013 W Population (1990): 6321 (2745 housing units) Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35016 Arab, MO Zip code(s): 63733 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Arab ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Arab, multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
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