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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: Arabus, from Greek Araps, from Arabic 'Arab

Arab

 noun
     
Ar‧ab [countable]
someone whose language is Arabic and whose family comes from, or originally came from the Middle East or North Africa
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