Saudi
/ˈsaʊdi
/ /ˈsɔːdi /adjective
Relating to Saudi Arabia or its ruling dynasty.Until 1964, Saudi girls were not allowed to go to school....
- According to the movie, these Saudi investors own about 7 percent of the U.S. economy.
- As a new rule, all Saudi visitors to the US are interviewed, fingerprinted and photographed upon arrival.
noun (plural Saudis)
A citizen of Saudi Arabia, or a member of its ruling dynasty.Companies are just not creating enough jobs, despite intense pressure to hire Saudis instead of South Asians and other expatriates....
- They're Iranians and Syrians and Saudis and Egyptians, but the core of them are the dissatisfied people who were disenfranchised.
- Egyptians, Saudis, Syrians, etc. would describe themselves as ‘Arab’.
Origin
From the name of Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud (1880–1953), first king of Saudi Arabia.