Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Arabian; Arabic: as, “the Arabye language,”
- noun A native of Arabia.
- noun An Arabian horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic & Poetic The country of Arabia.
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Sometimes, stories come along that do not have that possibility, and you face an "araby" problem.
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Sometimes, stories come along that do not have that possibility, and you face an "araby" problem.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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is it the hudson or araby that sends us levitating above pools of human heartache and suffering?
In Memory of Karin Berg 1936-2006 Michelle Krell Kydd 2009
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is it the hudson or araby that sends us levitating above pools of human heartache and suffering?
Archive 2009-01-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2009
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now that i done red the post im seeing more cameltoe than the sheek of araby
Colliding with Fate: Love is a Many Splendored Colorway BikeSnobNYC 2009
soden commented on the word araby
Wikipedia:
Araby comprises the fictional or romanticized traditional counterpart to Arabia or to the Arab world. In the context of Edward Said's view of Orientalism, Araby exemplifies the exotic and mysterious nature of the Middle East.
December 25, 2008
soden commented on the word araby
Araby comprises the fictional or romanticized traditional counterpart to Arabia or to the Arab world. In the context of Edward Said's view of Orientalism, Araby exemplifies the exotic and mysterious nature of the Middle East.
December 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word araby
I am reminded of the young man in Master and Commander (the film) who covets "... all the gems of Araby." (Also seen on ambergris.)
December 28, 2008
sarra commented on the word araby
Heh. For me it's The Sheik of Araby. I do love the word though; Said has it spot on.
December 28, 2008