Bahrein

Bahrain

Bah·rain

or Bah·rein  (bä-rān′)

A country comprising an archipelago of low sandy islands in the Persian Gulf between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It was the first Arabian country to strike oil (1932). A British protectorate after 1861, Bahrain became independent in 1971. Manama, on Bahrain Island, the largest in the archipelago, is the capital.

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Bah·rain′i adj. & n.

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Noun	1.	Bahrein - an island in the Persian Gulf   Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein Island Arabian Gulf, Persian Gulf - a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
	2.	Bahrein - an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s State of Bahrain, Bahrain Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation capital of Bahrain, Manama - the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island Gulf States - the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Bahraini, Bahreini - a native or inhabitant of Bahrain

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