different between arabia vs haboob

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r?bi?/, [??r??bi?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• Syllabification: a?ra?bi?a

Etymology 1

< Arabia

Noun

arabia

1. Arabic (language)

   Synonym: arabian kieli

2. (often capitalized) A piece of porcelain produced by, or under the brand of Arabia.

Declension

Related terms

• arabi
• Arabia

Etymology 2

Noun

arabia

1. Partitive singular form of arabi.

Anagrams

• baaria

Spanish

Adjective

arabia

1. feminine singular of arabio

English

Etymology

Arabic ??????? (hab?b, “strong wind”), from the root ? ? ?? (h-b-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??bu?b/

Noun

haboob (plural haboobs)

1. A violent sandstorm or duststorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

   Coordinate term: duster

   • 2013, Giles Slade, American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Flight for Survival, New Society Publishers (?ISBN), page 154:

     Americans used to call these storms “dusters,” but as a sign of increasing globalization, most news outlets now call them by their Gulf Arabic name haboob. […] In Blackwell, Oklahoma 21, 2012, a haboob with a storm front two miles across closed the town and stopped all traffic on I-35 while causing about half a million dollars in damage.

Translations

Further reading

• haboob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia