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  • noun A person from Saudi Arabia or of Saudi Arabian descent.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people or language.

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Examples

  • Not only can you get a free quran from the website cited above, but if you call the Saudi Arabian embassy here in Washington, they will send you a lovely leather bound copy, free of charge.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Anti-Islam Bus Ads in Miami 2010

  • Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters EMBASSY SCUFFLE: Iranian students attacked the Saudi Arabian Embassy Monday in Tehran with firebombs and scuffled with police in protest of the country's role in cracking down on antigovernment protesters in Bahrain.

    Photos of the Day 2011

  • The waves of Taghazoute are world-famous; the surf champion Kelly Slater once rented an apt here, and nearby, a Saudi Arabian prince (perhaps a surfer?) has a beachside palace (enclosed by miles of red-stone walls).

    Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011

  • The waves of Taghazoute are world-famous; the surf champion Kelly Slater once rented an apt here, and nearby, a Saudi Arabian prince (perhaps a surfer?) has a beachside palace (enclosed by miles of red-stone walls).

    Karin Badt: Surf and Yoga: A New Way to Experience Morocco Karin Badt 2011

  • Hebshi, a U.S. citizen and California native, is the daughter of a Saudi Arabian father and a Jewish mother.

    Airport detainee says she was a victim of racial profiling 2011

  • Officials say Hassan al-Khatani was driving to work at the Saudi Arabian consulate when the attack happened.

    Gunmen Kill Saudi Diplomat in Pakistan 2011

  • Officials say Hassan al-Khatani was driving to work at the Saudi Arabian consulate when the attack happened.

    Gunmen Kill Saudi Diplomat in Pakistan 2011

  • The Saudi Arabian royal family rolled out a $36 billion "stimulus" program, in what looked like a thinly disguised ploy to buy the loyalty of their subjects.

    Why Oil Stocks Still Have Legs James B. Stewart 2011

  • Officials say Hassan al-Khatani was driving to work at the Saudi Arabian consulate when the attack happened.

    Gunmen Kill Saudi Diplomat in Pakistan 2011

  • From my perch and as a 25-year veteran of the oil markets, I would surely expect at least another $15 dollar premium would be added to oil's price at the first hint of emboldened protests in the same mold as Egypt arising in the relative calm of the Saudi Arabian streets, putting increased pressure on a global economy still recovering from its 2008 disaster.

    Daniel Dicker: The Oil Question From Egypt: What Happens Now in Saudi Arabia? Daniel Dicker 2011

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