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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula, often just called Arabia, is a region in the . It is bounded on the west by the Red Sea for 1,200 miles, on the east by the and on the south by the Indian Ocean.
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  • Type: peninsula with 63,400,000 residents
  • Description: peninsula in Western Asia
  • Also known as: “Arabia”
  • Neighbors:

Arabian Peninsula

Latitude of center
23° north
Longitude of center
46° east
Population
63,400,000
Wiki­data ID
Q31945
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Arabian Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Arabiese Skiereiland”
  • Albanian: “Gadishulli Arabik”
  • Amharic: “አረቢያ”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة العربية”
  • Arabic: “العربية”
  • Arabic: “القارة العربية”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة العرب”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة العربية”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيره العربيه”
  • Arabic: “شبه جزيرة العرب”
  • Arabic: “شبه جزيره العرب”
  • Armenian: “Արաբական թերակղզի”
  • Armenian: “Արաբիա”
  • Arpitan: “Arabia”
  • Arpitan: “Pèninsula arabica”
  • Asturian: “Arabia”
  • Avaric: “ГӀарабистан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ərəbistan yarımadası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ərəbistan”
  • Balinese: “Samenanjung Arab”
  • Bashkir: “Ғәрәбстан ярымутрауы”
  • Bashkir: “Ғәрәп ярымутрауы”
  • Basque: “Arabia”
  • Basque: “Arabiar penintsula”
  • Bavarian: “Arabische Hoibinsl”
  • Belarusian: “Арабійская паўвыспа”
  • Belarusian: “Арабійскі паўвостраў”
  • Belarusian: “Аравійскі паўвостраў”
  • Belarusian: “Аравія”
  • Bengali: “আরব উপদ্বীপ”
  • Bosnian: “Arabijski poluotok”
  • Bosnian: “Arabijsko poluostrvo”
  • Bosnian: “Arapski poluotok”
  • Bosnian: “Arapsko poluostrvo”
  • Breton: “Arabia”
  • Breton: “Ledenez Arab”
  • Breton: “Ledenez Arabia”
  • Bulgarian: “Арабски полуостров”
  • Bulgarian: “Арабския полуостров”
  • Bulgarian: “Полуостров Арабия”
  • Burmese: “အာရေဗျကျွန်းဆွယ်”
  • Catalan: “Aràbia”
  • Catalan: “Península aràbica”
  • Catalan: “Península aràbiga”
  • Catalan: “Península d’Aràbia”
  • Central Bikol: “Arabong Peninsula”
  • Central Bikol: “Rawis kan Arabia”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیمچه‌ دوورگه‌ی عه‌ره‌بی”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیمچەدوورگەی عەرەبی”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیوەدوورگەی عەرەبی”
  • Chechen: “Ӏаьрбийн ахгӀайре”
  • Chinese: “A-la-pek”
  • Chinese: “亞拉伯”
  • Chinese: “亞拉伯半島”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯半岛”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯半島”
  • Chinese: “阿拉伯大陸”
  • Chinese: “阿拉比亚”
  • Chinese: “阿拉比亞”
  • Chuvash: “Арави çурутравĕ”
  • Cornish: “Arabi”
  • Corsican: “penisula araba”
  • Corsican: “penisula arabica”
  • Corsican: “subcuntinente arabu”
  • Croatian: “Arabija”
  • Croatian: “Arabijski poluotok”
  • Croatian: “Arapski poluotok”
  • Czech: “Arábie”
  • Czech: “Arabská platforma”
  • Czech: “Arabský poloostrov”
  • Danish: “Arabien”
  • Danish: “Arabiske Halvø”
  • Danish: “Den Arabiske Halvø”
  • Dutch: “Arabie”
  • Dutch: “Arabië”
  • Dutch: “Arabisch schiereiland”
  • Dutch: “Arabisch Schiereiland”
  • Dutch: “Arabische Schiereiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره العربيه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة العربية”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شبه الجزيره العربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Araba Duoninsulo”
  • Esperanto: “Araba duonisulo”
  • Esperanto: “Arabia Duoninsulo”
  • Esperanto: “Arabio”
  • Esperanto: “Arabujo”
  • Estonian: “Araabia poolsaar”
  • Estonian: “Araabia”
  • Faroese: “Arabiska hálvoyggin”
  • Finnish: “Arabia”
  • Finnish: “Arabian niemimaa”
  • French: “Arabie méridionale”
  • French: “Arabie”
  • French: “péninsule Arabe”
  • French: “péninsule arabique”
  • Galician: “Arabia”
  • Galician: “Península Arábica”
  • Galician: “Península Arábiga”
  • Galician: “Peninsula da Arabia”
  • Galician: “Península da Arabia”
  • Galician: “Península de Arabia”
  • Georgian: “არაბეთის ნახევარკუნძული”
  • German: “Arabien”
  • German: “Arabische Halbinsel”
  • Goan Konkani: “अरबस्तान”
  • Goan Konkani: “अरबस्तानः”
  • Greek: “Αραβία”
  • Greek: “Αραβική Χερσόνησος”
  • Guarani: “Arávia Yvyapy”
  • Guarani: “Arávia”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Larabawa”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי הערבי”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי ערב”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי-ערב”
  • Hindi: “अरब प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अरबिया”
  • Hindi: “अरबी प्रायद्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Arab-félsziget”
  • Hungarian: “Arábia”
  • Icelandic: “Arabia”
  • Icelandic: “Arabía”
  • Icelandic: “Arabíuskagi”
  • Icelandic: “Arabíuskaginn”
  • Ido: “Araba peninsulo”
  • Ido: “Arabia”
  • Ido: “Peninsulo Arabia”
  • Inari Sami: “Arabia njargâeennâm”
  • Indonesian: “Arabia”
  • Indonesian: “Jazirah Arab”
  • Indonesian: “Semenanjung Arab”
  • Ingush: “Iарбий ахгIайре”
  • Ingush: “Ӏарбий ахгӀайре”
  • Interlingua: “Peninsula Arabic”
  • Interlingua: “Peninsula Arabica”
  • Irish: “An Araib”
  • Italian: “penisola araba”
  • Italian: “Penisola arabica”
  • Italian: “Penisola Arabica”
  • Italian: “Subcontinente arabico”
  • Italian: “Subcontinente arabo”
  • Japanese: “アラビア”
  • Japanese: “アラビア半島”
  • Japanese: “アラビヤ半島”
  • Javanese: “Jazirah Arab”
  • Javanese: “Semenanjung Arab”
  • Javanese: “Ujung Arab”
  • Kabyle: “Tazunegzirt taɛrabt”
  • Kabyle: “Tazunegzirt Taɛrabt”
  • Kannada: “ಅರೇಬಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಅರೇಬಿಯನ್ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kashmiri: “جزیرہ نما عرب”
  • Kashmiri: “عرب پَرلانٛکھ”
  • Kashmiri: “عرب”
  • Kazakh: “Араб түбегі”
  • Kazakh: “Арабия түбегі”
  • Kazakh: “Аравия”
  • Kirghiz: “Араб жарым аралы”
  • Kirghiz: “Арабия”
  • Kirghiz: “Арап жарым аралы”
  • Korean: “아라비아”
  • Korean: “아라비아반도”
  • Korean: “아랍 반도”
  • Kurdish: “Erebîstan”
  • Kurdish: “Nîvgirava Erebistan”
  • Kurdish: “Nîvgirava Erebîstan”
  • Kurdish: “Nîvgirava Erebistanê”
  • Kurdish: “Nîvgizirta Erebî”
  • Lak: “Аьрабусттан”
  • Lao: “ແຫຼມອາຣັບ”
  • Latin: “Arabia”
  • Latin: “Paeninsula Arabica”
  • Latvian: “Arābija”
  • Latvian: “Arābijas pussala”
  • Ligurian: “Arabb-ia”
  • Ligurian: “Arabbia”
  • Limburgan: “Arabië”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Arabia”
  • Lithuanian: “Arabijos pusiasalis”
  • Lithuanian: “Arabų pusiasalis”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Arabiska połkupa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arabesch Hallefinsel”
  • Macedonian: “Арапски Полуостров”
  • Malagasy: “Saikanosin’ i Arabia”
  • Malagasy: “Saikanosin’i Arabia”
  • Malay: “Arabia”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Arab”
  • Malayalam: “Arabian Peninsula”
  • Malayalam: “അറേബ്യ”
  • Malayalam: “അറേബ്യൻ ഉപദ്വീപ്”
  • Marathi: “अरबी द्वीपकल्प”
  • Marathi: “अरेबिया”
  • Mazanderani: “عربئون جزیره مونا”
  • Mazanderani: “عربستون جزیره‌مونا”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “الجزيرة العربية”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “جزيرة العرب”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة العربية”
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: “شبه جزيرة العرب”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “A-la-pek”
  • Minangkabau: “Jazirah Arab”
  • Mingrelian: “არაბეთიშ ჩქონი”
  • Mongolian: “Арабын хойг”
  • Nepali: “अरेबियन प्रायःद्वीप”
  • Northern Frisian: “Araabisk Hualeweilun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arabia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arabiske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arabiske halvøya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den arabiske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den arabiske halvøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den arabiske halvøy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den arabiske halvøya”
  • Norwegian: “Den arabiske halvøy”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Arabia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Peninsula Aràbia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܪܒܝܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܓܙܪܬܐ ܝܒܫܢܝܬܐ ܥܪܒܝܬܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܥܪܒ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܥܪܒܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Arabea”
  • Ossetian: “Арабб”
  • Ossetian: “Араббы æрдæгсакъадах”
  • Ossetian: “Арави”
  • Ossetian: “Аравийы æрдæгсакъадах”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਰਬੀ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Peninsula Arabe”
  • Papiamento: “Península Árabe”
  • Persian: “شبه جزیره عربستان”
  • Persian: “شبه قاره عربستان”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیره عربستان”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیرهٔ عربستان”
  • Persian: “شبه‌قاره عربستان”
  • Persian: “شبه‌قارهٔ عربستان”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Arabski”
  • Portuguese: “Arábia”
  • Portuguese: “Árabia”
  • Portuguese: “Península arábica”
  • Portuguese: “Península Arábica”
  • Portuguese: “Península da Arábia”
  • Pushto: “د عربستان ټاپووزمه”
  • Quechua: “Arapisuyu Yaqa wat’a”
  • Quechua: “Arapsuyu Yaqa wat’a”
  • Romanian: “Arabia”
  • Romanian: “Peninsula arabă”
  • Romanian: “Peninsula Arabică”
  • Romanian: “Peninsulei Arabe”
  • Russian: “Арабия”
  • Russian: “Аравийский валенок”
  • Russian: “Аравийский полуостров”
  • Russian: “Аравия”
  • Sardinian: “Penìsula àraba”
  • Scots: “Arabie Peninsula”
  • Scots: “Peninsula o Araibie”
  • Serbian: “Арабија”
  • Serbian: “Арабијско полуострво”
  • Serbian: “Арапско полуострво”
  • Serbian: “Арапско полустрво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arabija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arabijsko poluostrvo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arapski poluotok”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Арабија”
  • Sindhi: “عرب جزيري نما”
  • Sinhala: “අරාබි අර්ධද්වීපය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Arabia njarggjânnam”
  • Slovak: “Arábia”
  • Slovak: “Arabský polostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Arabski polotok”
  • Somali: “Jasiirad Dhuleedka Carabta”
  • Somali: “Raaska Carabta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عربیستان یاریم‌آداسی”
  • Spanish: “Arabia”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula arabe”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula árabe”
  • Spanish: “Península arabe”
  • Spanish: “Península árabe”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Arabica”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula arábica”
  • Spanish: “Península Arabica”
  • Spanish: “Península arábica”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Arabiga”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Arábiga”
  • Spanish: “Península arabiga”
  • Spanish: “Península Arábiga”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula de Arabia”
  • Spanish: “Península de Arabia”
  • Spanish: “Subcontinente arabe”
  • Spanish: “Subcontinente arabé”
  • Sundanese: “Arabian Peninsula”
  • Sundanese: “Semenanjung Arab”
  • Swahili: “Bara Arabu”
  • Swahili: “Rasi ya Uarabuni”
  • Swahili: “Uarabuni”
  • Swedish: “Arabiska halvön”
  • Swiss German: “Arabische Halbinsel”
  • Tagalog: “Arab Peninsula”
  • Tagalog: “Arabeng Peninsula”
  • Tagalog: “Arabeng Tangway”
  • Tagalog: “Arabia”
  • Tagalog: “Arabian peninsula”
  • Tagalog: “Arabic Peninsula”
  • Tagalog: “Arabiya”
  • Tagalog: “Arabong Peninsula”
  • Tagalog: “Arabong Tangway”
  • Tagalog: “Arabya”
  • Tagalog: “Arabyanong tangway”
  • Tagalog: “Ebila”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsula ng Arabia”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsula ng Arabya”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsula of Arabia”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsulang Arabe”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsulang Arabiano”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsulang Arabo”
  • Tagalog: “Peninsulang Arabyano”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway na Arabe”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway na Arabo”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway na Arabyano”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Arabia”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway ng Arabya”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway sa Arabia”
  • Tagalog: “Tangway sa Arabya”
  • Tajik: “Арабистон (нимҷазира)”
  • Tajik: “Арабистон”
  • Tamil: “அராபிய தீபகற்பம்”
  • Tamil: “அராபியத் தீபகற்பம்”
  • Tamil: “அரேபிய தீபகற்பம்”
  • Tamil: “அரேபிய மூவலந்தீவு”
  • Tamil: “அரேபியத் தீபகற்பம்”
  • Tamil: “அரேபியா”
  • Tamil: “அறபுத் தீபகற்பம்”
  • Tatar: “Гарәбстан ярымутравы”
  • Tatar: “Гарәп ярымутравы”
  • Telugu: “అరేబియా ద్వీపకల్పం”
  • Thai: “Arabia”
  • Thai: “Arabian peninsula”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรเปอร์เซีย”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรอาระเบีย”
  • Thai: “คาบสมุทรอาหรับ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Arabische Halbinsel”
  • Turkish: “Arabistan Yarımadası”
  • Turkish: “Arabistan”
  • Turkish: “Arap Yarımadası”
  • Ukrainian: “Аравійський півострів”
  • Ukrainian: “Аравія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Arabska połkupa”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ نما عرب”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ نمائے عرب”
  • Urdu: “جزیرۃ العرب”
  • Uzbek: “Arabiston yarim oroli”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Ả Rập”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arabian peninsula”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rawis han Arabya”
  • Welsh: “Arabia”
  • Welsh: “Gorynys Arabia”
  • Western Armenian: “Արաբական թերակղզի”
  • Western Frisian: “Araabje”
  • Western Frisian: “Arabysk Skiereilân”
  • Western Frisian: “Arabyske skiereilân”
  • Western Mari: “Арави пел ошмаоты”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ نما عرب”
  • Wolof: “Arabi”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉伯半島”
  • Yiddish: “אראבישער האלבאינדזל”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿剌伯半島”

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