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Asir

Asir proper noun: a province of Saudi Arabia.

Proper noun

Asir

  1. A province of Saudi Arabia.
    • A world of color and hospitality is the realm of women in remote, mountainous Asir, part of the region that the Romans dubbed "happy Arabia" for its plentiful rainfall and less severe life-style.1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 449
  2. A former emirate in what is now Saudi Arabia.

Origin of Asir

Borrowed from Arabic عَسِيْر (ʕasiyr).

Questions about Asir

What does Asir mean?
Asir means a province of Saudi Arabia.
What part of speech is Asir?
Asir is a proper noun.

Words near Asir in the dictionary

  1. ASINs
  2. ASIO
  3. asiphonate
  4. asiphonates
  5. Asipovichy
  6. Asir
  7. ASIS
  8. Asises
  9. asisite
  10. ASISs
  11. asisst

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