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Arab

UK/ˈaɹəb/ US/ˈæɹəb/ fairly common

noun

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a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

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Origin

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.

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