| 单词 | marsh arab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMarsh Arab Marsh Arab n. and adj. (a) n. a member of a semi-nomadic people inhabiting marshy areas of the flood plain between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in the Basra region of south-eastern Iraq (= Ma'dan n.); (b) adj. of or relating to this people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [noun] MedeeOE Persianc1375 Persec1384 Medianc1400 Lydian1545 Mesopotamian1553 Meccana1618 Ma'dan1792 Omanic1819 Iraqi1824 Yemenite1864 Sumerian1873 Akkadian1908 Yemeni1916 Marsh Arab1917 Medinese1922 Iraqian1923 Kuwaiti1928 Tehrani1939 Qatari1954 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Iran, Iraq, or the Gulf > [adjective] Persianc1400 Persic1585 Iraqi1777 Omani1865 Iranic1873 Marsh Arab1917 Yemeni1955 Tehrani1975 1917 Handbk. Mesopotamia (Admiralty) II. 67 The banks on both sides of the river [Tigris] are inhabited by..Arab tribes, the largest being, perhaps, the Beni Mālik.., and by Ma'adan or marsh Arabs. 1921 Indian Antiquary 50 289 Occasional mounds..are conspicuous, and are sometimes occupied by Marsh Arab villages. 1993 Washington Post 18 Oct. a1/3 The Baghdad government is waging an aggressive campaign to crush the ‘Marsh Arab’ people of southern Iraq and destroy their habitat, according to State Department officials. 2004 E. L. Ochsenschlager Iraq's Marsh Arabs ii. 14 Five small villages of the Mi'dan, or Marsh Arabs, dotted the southern part of the mound. < as lemmas |
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