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# arab

«arab» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person whose people come from the Arabic-speaking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an Arab, Arabs); adjective (Arab)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose people come from the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Morocco. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#m1)

2) (adjective) To do with Arabs or the Arab world, like Arab culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#m2)

3) An Arab horse, a beautiful breed known for speed and strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in geography and history lessons about the Middle East and North Africa, and in stories. It names a people and their culture, not a religion. Phrases: the Arab world, Arab countries, Arab culture, an Arab horse.

### examples

- Many Arab families live in our city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x1)
- We learned about the Arab world in geography. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x2)
- Arab scholars long ago helped develop algebra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x3)
- My friend Layla's family is Arab and speaks Arabic at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x4)
- The Arab horse is famous for its speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x5)
- Arab countries stretch from Morocco to Oman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x6)
- Our class tasted food from different Arab countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x7)
- She first drank herself, according to the Arab custom, and then filled it for her sisters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/#x8)

### note

Always written with a capital A: Arab. Related: Arabic (the language; also Arabic numerals 0–9), Arabian (Arabian Peninsula, Arabian Nights). Not all Arabs are Muslim, and most Muslims are not Arab. Use it respectfully as a name for a people.

### In the corpora

- [In the 1100s scholars in Toledo, in Spain, translated Arabic books into Latin, bringing Greek and Arab science to European readers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/17/)
- [Arab, and Rumah, and Eshan;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.418/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arab» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.