アラビア

あらびあ
noun (proper)
Arabia; Arabic, Arabian
geographylanguageproper-nounplace-name
1. Arabia; the Arabian Peninsula; Arabic, Arabian
The Arabian Peninsula and, as the first part of compounds, the Arab world and its language: アラビア語(ご) (Arabic), アラビア数字(すうじ) (Arabic numerals).
アラビア語(ご)を習(なら)う。
To learn Arabic.
値段(ねだん)はアラビア数字(すうじ)で書(か)いてください。
Please write the prices in Arabic numerals.
子(こ)どものころ、アラビアンナイトの物語(ものがたり)を夢中(むちゅう)で読(よ)んだ。
As a child, I was absorbed in the stories of the Arabian Nights.

Mostly met as the first half of a compound. In Japanese writing, アラビア数字(すうじ) (1, 2, 3) contrasts with 漢数字(かんすうじ) (一(いち), 二(に), 三(さん)), and forms and style guides often say which to use.

Common expressions

  • アラビア語(ご): Arabic (language)
  • アラビア数字(すうじ): Arabic numerals
  • アラビア半島(はんとう): the Arabian Peninsula
  • アラビアンナイト: the Arabian Nights

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Related: 中東(ちゅうとう) (the Middle East)
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