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Saudi Arabia
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Saudi-Arabia Saudi-Arábia
English
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Etymology
See Saudi and Arabia.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsaʊ.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/
en /ˌsɔː.di əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/
sä-o͞o′dē ə-rā′bē-əSaudi Arabia or Saʻudi Arabia 1709 2 Saudi Arabia or Saʻudi Arabia (säo͞o′dē u̇rā′bēu̇),Sa·u·di A·ra·bi·a 688 2 Sa·u·di A·ra·bi·a (sä-o͞o′dē ə-rā′bē-ə, sou′-, sô′-),
sou′dē ə-rā′bē-ə sô′dē ə-rā′bē-ə
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Saudi Arabia.wav UK
en en-us-Saudi Arabia.ogg US
Proper noun
en Q851en country r/West Asia in the r/Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Riyadh.
en 1981 Robert Lacey Robert Lacey The Second World War The Kingdom https://archive.org/details/kingdom00lace/ New York; London w:Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-147260-2 81-83741 7977462 263 https://archive.org/details/kingdom00lace/page/263/ In the three and a half years since the start of the Second World War the Sa’udi king had received annually from Great Britain some £3 million in goods and silver coins, plus some £750,000 which Casoc advanced in 1941 and again in 1942 against royalties anticipated from post-war oil sales. But in the two years after the signing of the February 1943 Lend–Lease order some $33 million (nearly £8 million) in cash, goods and bullion flooded into Sa’udi Arabia from the USA on top of oil revenues, and Abdul Aziz was at least £1 million a year better off – for, in their eagerness to make up for lost time in Arabia, the Americans gave with both hands. on
en 1983 Glenn E. Perry Rebellion, Emulation, and Reaction: 1920–1939 The Middle East: Fourteen Islamic Centuries https://archive.org/details/middleeastfourte00perr/ Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey w:Prentice-Hall 0-13-581603-3 82-20514 9685005 212 https://archive.org/details/middleeastfourte00perr/page/212/ Little did anyone dream that Sa’udi Arabia possessed the world's largest oil reserves, which would eventually bring incredible wealth and power but would also undermine an ancient Eastern way of life. on
en Nic Robertson Saudi Arabia has changed beyond recognition. But will tourists want to visit? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-fun-tourists/index.html 2020-12-05 I’ve been visiting Saudi Arabia for close to two decades and in that time I’ve experienced some incredible things. https://web.archive.org/web/20260204152313/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-fun-tourists/index.html 4 February 2026
Derived terms
en Saudi Arabian
Translations
Q851 country in West Asia
Abkhaz: ab Саудтәи Аравиа
Afrikaans: af Saoedi-Arabië
Albanian: sq Arabia Saudite f, sq Arabi Saudite f
Amharic: am ሳዑዲ አረቢያ
Arabic: ar السُّعُودِيَّة f, ar الْمَمْلَكَةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلسُّعُودِيَّة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw السعودية f as-suʕūdiyya
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܣܲܥܘܼܕܝܼܵܐ f, aii ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܥܵܪܵܒܵܝܬܵܐ ܣܲܥܘܼܕܵܝܬܵܐ f
Armenian: hy Սաուդյան Արաբիա
Asturian: ast Arabia Saudita f
Azerbaijani: az Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı, az Ərəbistan
Bashkir: ba Сәғүд Ғәрәбстаны
Basque: eu Saudi Arabia
Belarusian: be Сау́даўская Ара́вія f
Bengali: bn সৌদি আরব
Breton: br Arabia Saoudat
Bulgarian: bg Сау́дитска Ара́бия f
Burmese: my ဆော်ဒီအာရေဗ္ယ
Catalan: ca Aràbia Saudita f
Chechen: ce Саӏудийн Ӏаьрбийчоь
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 沙特阿拉伯 Shātè Ālābó, cmn 沙烏地阿拉伯 Shāwūdì Ālābó Taiwan, cmn 沙特 Shātè
Corsican: co Àrabia Saudita f
Crimean Tatar: crh Saudiy Arabistan
Czech: cs Saúdská Arábie f
Danish: da Saudi-Arabien n
Dutch: nl Saudi-Arabië n, nl Saoedi-Arabië n
Esperanto: eo Saudarabio, eo Saud-Arabio
Estonian: et Saudi Araabia
Finnish: fi Saudi-Arabia
French: fr Arabie Saoudite f
Gagauz: gag Saudi Arabiya
Galician: gl Arabia Saudita f
Georgian: ka საუდის არაბეთი
German: de Saudi-Arabien n
Greek: el Σαουδική Αραβία f
Gujarati: gu સાઉદી અરેબિયા
Hausa: ha Ƙasar Maka, ha Saudiyya, ha Saudi Arebiya
Hebrew: he עֲרָב הַסָעוּדִית f 'aráv hasa'udít, he סָעוּדְיָה f sa'udyá
Hindi: hi सऊदी अरब, hi सउदी अरब, hi अरबिस्तान m
Hungarian: hu Szaúd-Arábia
Icelandic: is Sádí-Arabía f, is Sádi-Arabía
Indonesian: id Arab Saudi
Interlingua: ia Arabia Saudi
Irish: ga Araib Shádach f An Araib Shádach, ga Ríocht na hAraibe Sádaí f
Italian: it Arabia Saudita f
Japanese: ja サウジアラビア Sauji Arabia, ja サウジ Sauji
Kalenjin: kln Saudi Arabia
Kamba: kam Saudi Arabia
Kannada: kn ಸೌದಿ ಅರೇಬಿಯಾ
Kazakh: kk Сауд Арабиясы, kk Сауд Арабстаны
Khmer: km អារ៉ាប៊ីសាអូឌីត
Kikuyu: ki Saudi Arabia
Korean: ko ^사우디아라비아, ko ^사우디
Kumyk: kum Сауд Арабыстаны Saud Arabıstanı
Kurdish:
Laki: lki
Northern Kurdish: kmr Erebistana Siûdî, kmr Erebistan
Kyrgyz: ky Сауд Аравиясы, ky Сауд Арабстан
Ladino: lad Arabia Saudi
Lao: lo ອາລັບເຊົາດິດ, lo ອາຣາບີຊາອູດີ, lo ອາຣັບບີ ຊາອູດິດ
Latvian: lv Saūda Arābija f
Lithuanian: lt Saudo Arabija f
Luhya: luy Saudi Arabia
Luo: luo Saudi Arabia
Macedonian: mk Саудиска Арабија f
Malay: ms Arab Saudi
Malayalam: ml സൗദി അറേബ്യ
Maltese: mt Arabja Sawdita f l-Arabja Sawdita, mt Arabja Sawdija f l-Arabja Sawdija, mt Għarbija Sawdija f l-Għarbija Sawdija
Manx: gv Araab Saudi Yn Araab Saudi
Marathi: mr सउदी अरब m
Meru: mer Saudi Arabia
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Саудын Араб
Mongolian script: mn ᠰᠠᠤᠳᠢᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠪ
Navajo: nv Ásáí Bikéyah Saʼoodí
Norman: nrf Arabie Saudi f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Saudi-Arabia n
Nynorsk: nn Saudi-Arabia n
Occitan: oc Arabia Saudita f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Саудийска Арабия f
Pashto: ps سعودي عربستان m sa'udi 'arabestān, ps عربستان m 'arabestān
Persian:
Dari: prs عَرَبِسْتَانِ سَعُودِی, prs عَرَبِسْتَان
Iranian Persian: fa-ira عَرَبِسْتانِ سَعودی 'arabestân-e sa'udi, fa-ira عَرَبِسْتان 'arabestân
Polish: pl Arabia Saudyjska f
Portuguese: pt Arábia Saudita f
Punjabi: pa ਸਾਊਦੀ ਅਰਬ m
Romanian: ro Arabia Saudită f
Russian: ru Сау́довская Ара́вия f, ru Сауди́я f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̀удӣјска А̀ра̄бија f
Latin: sh Sàudījska Àrābija f
Shan: shn မိူင်းသေႃႇတီႇဢႃႇရေးပီးယႃး
Sinhalese: si සවුදි අරාබියාව
Slovak: sk Saudská Arábia f
Slovene: sl Savdska Arabija f, sl Saudova Arabija f
Spanish: es Arabia Saudí f, es Arabia Saudita f
Swahili: sw Saudi Arabia, sw Saudia
Swedish: sv Saudiarabien n
Tagalog: tl Arabyang Saudi, tl Saudi Arabia
Tajik: tg Арабистони Саудӣ, tg Арабистон
Tamil: ta சவுதி அரேபியா
Tatar: tt Согуд Гарәбстаны
Telugu: te సౌదీ అరేబియా
Thai: th ซาอุดีอาระเบีย
Tibetan: bo ས་དི་ཨ་རབ, bo སའུ་དི་ཨ་ར་པི་ཡ
Tigrinya: ti ስዑዲ ዓረብ
Turkish: tr Suudi Arabistan, tr Arabistan
Turkmen: tk Saud Arabystany, tk Arabystan
Ukrainian: uk Сау́дівська Ара́вія f
Urdu: ur سَعُودی عَرَب m, ur سعودی عربیہ sa'ūdī 'arabiya, ur سعودی عربستان sa'ūdī arabistān, ur سعودیہ sa'ūdiya
Uyghur: ug سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان, ug ئەرەبىستان
Uzbek: uz Saudiya Arabistoni, uz Arabiston
Vietnamese: vi A-rập Xê-út, vi Ả-rập Xau-đi, vi Ả Rập Xê Út
Welsh: cy Sawdi Arabia f
Yiddish: yi סאַוּדי אַראַביע, yi סאַוּדיע
Yoruba: yo Saudi Arabia
Zhuang: za Sahdwz Ahlahbwz
See also
en Riyadh
:Appendix:Countries of the world
References
en exonyms
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
Saudi Arabia<hyph:Sau.di A.ra.bi.a>
Proper noun
in
eu Saudi Arabia Q851
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu saudiarabiar<t:Saudi Arabian>
Further reading
38
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Saudi Arabia, from en Saudi Arabia 1, with the former from ceb ar سُعُودِيّ, from ar سُعُود ـِيّ 1, and the latter from ceb la Arabia, from ceb grc Ἀραβία.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb Saudi Arabia Q851
2019 — Lopez, Herty B., 18,000 ka Trabaho Karong Mayo 1 (27 April), SuperBalita
ceb Gibutyag niini nga aduna’y 211 ka nurses ang gipangita sa lokal ug 3,251 abroad, ilabi na sa mga nasod sa Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Bahrain ug Kuwait ang nangita niini.
ceb eponyms exonyms
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Saudi Arabia, from en Saudi Arabia 1, with the former from tl ar سُعُودِيّ, from ar سُعُود ـِيّ 1, and the latter from tl la Ā̆rabia, from tl grc Ἀραβία.
Pronunciation
+ sawdi aréybiyá<syll:Sau.di A.ra.bi.a>
Proper noun
sawdi arabya,sawdi areybiya
tl Saudi Arabia Q851
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
tl Saudi
Further reading