WORDS
OF ARABIC ORIGIN
Key: The word's language of origin appears directly below it, and to the right of that is an example sentence and an etymology, along with any related themes.
Word |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
Part of Speech |
Definition |
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BAR-ee-oh |
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1. a district of a city or town in Spanish speaking countries
2. a Spanish-speaking area of a city or town in the United
States, esp. in the Southwest. |
Ex.
Etym. |
The barrios are
often the poorest parts of large U.S. cities.
Spanish for “neighborhood,” ultimately
from Arabic barriya, “open country.”
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NAY-bob |
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a person of great wealth or prominence |
Ex.
Etym. |
The president was surrounded by the nabobs of Saudi royalty at last week’s fundraising dinner.
From the Urdu word nawAb, a provincial
governor. Also a high title for Muslim nobles.
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