Аравия

See also: Аравія

Russian

Alternative forms

• Ара́вія (Arávija) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic Аравиꙗ (Aravija), from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía). Compare араб (arab) and related forms with /b/, which are later borrowings (through Latin and French).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈravʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Ара́вия • (Arávija) f inan (genitive Ара́вии)

1. Arabia (a peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Declension

Declension of Ара́вия (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ара́вия Arávija
genitive	Ара́вии Arávii
dative	Ара́вии Arávii
accusative	Ара́вию Aráviju
instrumental	Ара́вией, Ара́виею Arávijej, Arávijeju
prepositional	Ара́вии Arávii

Related terms

• арави́йский (aravíjskij)
• Сау́довская Ара́вия (Saúdovskaja Arávija)