Arab
    n 1: a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian
         peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and
         who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
         [syn: Arab, Arabian]
    2: a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to
       Arabia [syn: Arabian, Arab]

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.
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   Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
      particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.
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            The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
            shivering in damp doorways.           --Lond. Sat.
                                                  Rev.
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Arab
   ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now
   Er-Rabiyeh.
   

Arab, multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust

Arab, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
   Population (2000):    7174
   Housing Units (2000): 3223
   Land area (2000):     12.768564 sq. miles (33.070427 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.081631 sq. miles (0.211423 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    12.850195 sq. miles (33.281850 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            02116
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             34.327863 N, 86.498613 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     35016
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Arab, AL
    Arab