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How to pronounce beduin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bedouin
Type of arab, arabian, nomad
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  • A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
  • The Bedouin (/u02C8bu025Bdu1D7F.u026An/; Arabic: u0628u064Eu062Fu064Eu0648u0650u064A badawu012B) are an Arab seminomadic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts. Their name means "desert dwellers" in Arabic language. Their territory stretches from the vast deserts of North Africa to the rocky sands of the Middle East...
  • A generic name for a desert-dweller; a term generally applied to Arab nomadic groups
  • (Bedouins) An Arab of any of the nomadic tribes of the Arabian, Syrian, Nubian, or Sahara deserts.
  • A nomadic desert people, the original Arabs.
  • Formerly nomadic tribespeople. Some of the older Qatari Bedouins will have spent their early life travelling in the desert as nomads.
  • Desert-dwelling Arabs, originally nomadic, using camels, but now mostly settled, raising sheep
  • An Arabic group, mostly desert Nomads, but many settled in Israel.
  • People of the Arabina desert who bred and lived among Arabian horses.