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Bahrain

bah·rain

UK/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/ US/baɪˈreɪn/ rare

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an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s

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Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, literally “the two seas”).

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