Arabdomn.
/ˈarəbdəm/, U.S. /ˈɛrəbdəm/ The Arab world; Arabs collectively. Also: the state or condition of being an Arab.
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Arabism1816
Arabdom1958
1861 United Presbyterian Mag. Apr. 197/1 An audience of 200 of the most intelligent-looking men, he says, that he has seen in Arabdom.
1897 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 325 Those..remarkable poems which of old won fame and renown throughout all Arabdom as the most exalted products of their classic composers.
1924 Palestine Weekly 24 Oct. 362/2 The goodwill of all Arabdom.
1958 Times 16 July 11/6 'Aruba, ‘arabism’ or ‘arabdom’, the word which is on the lips of every politician and the pen of every journalist, means the fact of being an Arab.
1974 Y. Harkabi Palestinians & Israel ii. 36 Even if the issue of the Palestinians were solved and the refugees settled, the principal antagonism between Israel and Arabdom would still remain.
2005 A. M. Oliver & P. Steinberg Road to Martyrs' Square (2006) 72 A curved dagger often used as a symbol of Arabdom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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