ARAB LEAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arab League mean? 

• ARAB LEAGUE (noun)
  The noun ARAB LEAGUE has 1 sense:

1. an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

  Familiarity information: ARAB LEAGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARAB LEAGUE (noun)

Meaning:

An international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Arab League" is a kind of...):

global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)

Meronyms (members of "Arab League"):

Muscat and Oman; Oman; Sultanate of Oman (a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil)

Katar; Qatar; State of Katar; State of Qatar (an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil)

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)

Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

United Arab Emirates (a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves)

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya (a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert)

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s)

Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti (a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997)

Bahrain; Bahrein; State of Bahrain (an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s)

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jordan (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea)

Koweit; Kuwait; State of Kuwait (an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum)

Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)

Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)