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  • noun obsolete, poetic Arabia

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Examples

  • If you are in the Cainta area, you can swing by Genie Magic KTV, and enter the a place where decadent Araby is the theme.

    Archive 2004-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

    scottymac.blogspot.com 2006

  • If you are in the Cainta area, you can swing by Genie Magic KTV, and enter the a place where decadent Araby is the theme.

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

    Dubliners 2003

  • The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

    Dubliners James Joyce 1911

  • With the Dubliners from Kate: Space and Place in Araby

    Araby | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2007

  • Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed — the only avowedly Marxist state in Araby.

    Mister Available 2006

  • Republic of South Yemen was proclaimed — the only avowedly Marxist state in Araby.

    Mister Available 2006

  • Construction was opposed by environmental groups that claimed they would damage a pristine local wetlands area called Araby Bog.

    CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2004 2004

  • In an undiplomatic moment, he also allegedly called Araby and Thani "pigs and traitors," according to Arabic satellite channels.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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