Riyadh
[ ree-yahd ]
/ riˈyɑd /
noun
a city in and the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Definition for riyadh (2 of 2)
Saudi Arabia
noun
a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Capital: Riyadh.
Compare
Mecca.
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British Dictionary definitions for riyadh (1 of 2)
Riyadh
/ (rɪˈjɑːd) /
noun
the joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia, situated in a central oasis: the largest city in the country. Pop: 5 514 000 (2005 est)
British Dictionary definitions for riyadh (2 of 2)
Saudi Arabia
/ (ˈsɔːdɪ, ˈsaʊ-) /
noun
a kingdom in SW Asia, occupying most of the Arabian peninsula between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea: founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud, who united Hejaz and Nejd; consists mostly of desert plateau; large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: riyal. Capital: Riyadh (royal and administrative), Jiddah (diplomatic). Pop: 26 939 583 (2013 est). Area: 2 260 353 sq km (872 722 sq miles)
Cultural definitions for riyadh
Saudi Arabia
[ (sow-dee, saw-dee, sah-ooh-dee) ]
Monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula, where it is bordered by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the east and south; Yemen to the south; and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh.
notes for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia sits on at least one-fourth of the world's known oil reserves, a geological gift that makes this otherwise resource-poor, desert nation very rich and important to the industrial nations of the world.
notes for Saudi Arabia
Overwhelmingly
Muslim, the country is ruled by a royal family according to
conservative Muslim law.
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notes for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia became the major staging ground for United Nations forces seeking to expel Iraq from Kuwait in 1990–1991. (
See
Persian Gulf War.)