Arab

The word “Arab” means a member of an ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Arabic-speaking world. In plain terms, refers to people, culture, or language connected to the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Arab world, or (capitalised or not) a horse breed from that region.

“Arab” is pronounced A-ruhb (/ˈæɹəb/ in IPA).

Here is “Arab” used in a sentence: “Many Arab countries share Arabic as a common language.”

Depending on how it is used, “Arab” can be a noun and an adjective.

The word “Arab” comes from Arabic. From Arabic 'arab, the name Arabs use for themselves.

“Arab” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Arab” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a member of an ethnic group native to the Arabian Peninsula and the wider Arabic-speaking world.

Arab refers to people and their ethnic or cultural identity. Arabic refers to the language and, more broadly, the writing, literature, and numerals. Arabian describes the geographic region, especially the Arabian Peninsula, as in Arabian desert. So an Arab person may speak Arabic and live on the Arabian Peninsula.

No. Arab is an ethnic and cultural identity, not a religious one. While most Arabs are Muslim, there are also long-established Christian Arab communities and smaller groups of other faiths. Likewise, most Muslims worldwide are not Arab, since the largest Muslim populations live in South and Southeast Asia.

Arab identity spans much of the Middle East and North Africa, including countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, and the Gulf states. These nations share the Arabic language and cultural ties, and many belong to the Arab League, an organisation of Arabic-speaking states.