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ARABY

Definition: ARABY

ARABY

Noun

1. The country of Arabia.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ARABY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Modern Usage: ARABY

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Flame of Araby (1951)

Kiss of Araby (1933)

The Sheik of Araby (1926)

Lovers in Araby (1924)

The Shriek of Araby (1923)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ARABY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Araby (reference)

  • Autumn in Araby [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • Cairo calls : sketchbook street views from the African metropolis of Araby (reference)

  • Heart-Beguiling Araby (reference)

  • Our Araby : Palm Springs and the garden of the sun (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ARABY

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On the way to Araby!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Araby deftly dropped a string of pearls into the mouth of the fresh-caught fish. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ARABY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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87

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19

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3

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3

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2

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2

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2

al al araby quds

2

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2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ARABY

Language Translations for "ARABY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

arabistan (Arabia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: ARABY

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 21, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEn tw drumw esperaV koimhqhsh en th odw daidan
Latin405VulgateOnus in Arabia in saltu ad vesperam dormietis in semitis Dodanim
Middle English1395WyclifThe charge in Araby. In the wilde wode at euen yee shul slepen, in the sties of Dodanym.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye traveling companies of Dedanim.
Basic English1964OgdenThe word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: ARABY

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 21, Verse 13
Cebuano¶ Ang palas-anon ibabaw sa Arabia. Sa kalasangan sa Arabia kamo mopuyo, Oh kamong magpapanaw sa Dedanhon.
CroatianProroštvo o Arapima. U šikarama pustinjskim poèivate, dedanske karavane.
DanishEt Udsagn: "I Ødemarken". Søg Nattely i Ødemarkens Krat, I Dedans Karavaner!
DutchDe last tegen Arabie. In het woud van Arabie zult gijlieden vernachten, o gij reizende gezelschappen van Dedanieten!
FinnishEnnustus Arabiaa vastaan. Yöpykää Arabian viidakoissa, dedanilaiset matkueet.
FrenchOracle sur l`Arabie. Vous passerez la nuit dans les broussailles de l`Arabie, Caravanes de Dedan!
GermanDies ist die Last über Arabien: ihr werdet im Walde in Arabien herbergen, ihr Reisezüge der Dedaniter.
Haitian Creole¶ Men mesaj Bondye bay pou moun peyi Arabi yo: -Nou menm moun peyi Dedan, se nan mitan raje ki nan savann Arabi a nou pral moute kan nou pase nwit!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariInilah pesan tentang Arab: Hai, orang Dedan, kafilah-kafilahmu berkemah di semak belukar tanah Arab.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa inilah firman akan hal negeri Arab:
ItalianOracolo sull'Arabia. carovane di Dedan;
Maori¶ Ko te poropititanga mo Arapia. Kei te ngahere i Arapia he nohoanga mo koutou i te po, e nga tira haere o Reranimi.
NorwegianUtsagn mot Arabia. I skogen i Arabia skal I overnatte, I karavaner av dedanitter!
RumanianProorocie asupra Arabiei. Veyi petrece noaptea kn tufele Arabiei, cete de negustori din Dedan!
RussianрТПТПЮЕУФЧП П' бТБЧЙЙ. --ч МЕУХ бТБЧЙКУЛПН ОПЮХКФЕ, ЛБТБЧБОЩ дЕ"БОУЛЙЕ!
SpanishProfecía acerca de Arabia: En el bosque de Arabia pasaréis la noche, oh caravanas de Dedán.
SwedishUtsaga över Arabien. Tagen natthärbärge i Arabiens vildmark, I karavaner från Dedan.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "ARABY"

Words rhyming with "ARABY" (pronounced 'Ar"a*by'): Autophoby, Blebby, Bobby, Booby, Busby, Chubby, Cobby, Cobwebby, Crabby, Darby, flabby, Forby, Foreby, Forthby, Gaby, Gawby, hereby, hubby, knobby, Looby, lullaby, Mabby, Nobby, Oby, Passer-by, Rudesby, scabby, Scobby, scrubby, shabby, shrubby, Slabby, Sneaksby, snobby, squabby, Stand-by, Stander-by, stubby, Suresby, thereby, toby, tubby, Wallaby, Webby, Whereby. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ARABY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-r-y"

-1 letter: bray, raya.

-2 letters: aba, aby, arb, baa, bar, bay, bra, ray, rya, yar.

-3 letters: aa, ab, ar, ay, ba, by, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-r-y"
 

+1 letter: ambary, baryta, bayard.

 

+2 letters: barytas, bayards, ratably.

 

+3 letters: aborally, adorably, arguably, backyard, balladry, ballyrag, barnyard, barratry, basilary, bastardy, bayadeer, bayadere, bearably, betrayal, boatyard, capybara, carbamyl, carbaryl, chambray, daybreak, grayback, rateably, readably, rubaiyat, variably.

 

+4 letters: aberrancy, admirably, agreeably, alterably, arability, arbitrary, bacillary, backyards, ballyrags, barbarity, barnyards, bastardly, bayadeers, bayaderes, betrayals, boatyards, breakaway, capybaras, carbamyls, carbaryls, carryback, chambrays, daybreaks, favorably, grandbaby, graybacks, graybeard, guayabera, myrobalan, repayable, syllabary, tractably.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ARABY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 52 41 42 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-.    .-    -...    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#82 &#65 &#66 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0052 0041 0042 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3552353659

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Non-English Dictionaries with "ARABY"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümetürkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Bible Trace
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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