# Arabia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈɹeɪ.bi.ə/ · frequency rank #5,854

## Definitions
1. A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
2. The region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates.

## Etymology
From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

## Easily confused with
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-aria)
- **Arabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arabs)
- **Aruba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-aruba)
- **Arabic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arabic)
- **arable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arable)
- **Arabian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arabian)
- **Arcadia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arabia-vs-arcadia)
- **Arab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arab-vs-arabia)
- **acacia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acacia-vs-arabia)
- **Acadia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acadia-vs-arabia)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aarbia`, `arabai`, `arabbia`, `araiba`, `arbaia`, `arrabia`, `raabia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arabia