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Araby

Araby \Ar"a*by\, n. The country of Arabia. [Archaic & Poetic] [1913 Webster] ||

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araby

n. (context obsolete poetic English) Arabia

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Araby

Araby may refer to:

  • Araby (Mason's Springs, Maryland), a historic home listed on the NRHP
  • "Araby" (short story), from James Joyce's 1914 Dubliners
  • Araby (Warhammer), a country in the Warhammer Fantasy setting by Games Workshop
  • Arabi, Louisiana, USA
  • Arabic chat alphabet, a method of transcribing Arabic into Latin alphabet plus Hindu-Arabic number
  • Nabil el-Araby (born 1935), Foreign Minister of Egypt appointed on 6 March 2011
  • " The Sheik of Araby", a 1921 jazz song
  • Araby, an archaic name for the Arab World
  • "Araby", song by The Gun Club from their 1987 album Mother Juno
Araby (short story)

"Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners.

Araby (story)
Araby (Mason's Springs, Maryland)

Araby is a historic home located near Mason Springs, Charles County, Maryland. It was the home of William and Sarah Eilbeck, whose daughter Anne married George Mason. George Washington recorded many visits to Araby. It is a mid-18th-century house that was extensively altered in the mid-19th century. Despite the alterations, it remains an example of vernacular domestic architecture and retains a significant amount of original interior and exterior fabric of the Federal period.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Usage examples of "araby".

But I swear on the red beardIt, of the Prophet that if they harm you in any way there will be sucha lopping of heads as will gorge every vulture in Araby until theycannot fly.

When wereturn we will be in great haste, like as not with half of Araby hardon our heels.

The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

Readers will recognize the backdrop for his story, "All the Perfumes of Araby.

It strikes in two places: 1930 hours across Araby to the Sea of Azov," -- his expression reflected his continued regret at the loss of Araby's original stake owners -- "and 0330 from the sea across the tip of Delta.

The next Fall was due to hit Kahrain Province, just above the deserted Oslo Landing, continue on to fall over Paradise River Stake, and end in the Araby Plains.

After another three days, a dangerous double would hit Boca Stake and the thick forests of lower Kahrain and Araby, stocks of the one real wood vitally needed to shore up mine pits at busy Karachi Camp and Drake's Lake.

It strikes in two places: 1930 hours across Araby to the Sea of Azov," -- his expression reflected his continued regret at the loss of Araby´s original stake owners -- "and 0330 from the sea across the tip of Delta.

After another three days, a dangerous double would hit Boca Stake and the thick forests of lower Kahrain and Araby, stocks of the one real wood vitally needed to shore up mine pits at busy Karachi Camp and Drake´s Lake.

On the forty-second day after First Fall, with Thread crossing uninhabited parts of Araby and Cathay and falling harmlessly in the Northern Sea above Delta, missing Dorado´s western prong, Admiral Benden and Governor Boll decreed a day of rest and leisure for all.

It strikes in two places: 1930 hours across Araby to the Sea of Azov,” — his expression reflected his continued regret at the loss of Araby’s original stake owners — “and 0330 from the sea across the tip of Delta.

The next Fall was due to hit Kahrain Province, just above the deserted Oslo Landing, continue on to fall over Paradise River Stake, and end in the Araby Plains.

After another three days, a dangerous double would hit Boca Stake and the thick forests of lower Kahrain and Araby, stocks of the one real wood vitally needed to shore up mine pits at busy Karachi Camp and Drake’s Lake.

It strikes in two places: 1930 hours across Araby to the Sea of Azov,” — his expression reflected his continued regret at the loss of Araby’s original stake owners — “and 0330 from the sea across the tip of Delta.

After another three days, a dangerous double would hit Boca Stake and the thick forests of lower Kahrain and Araby, stocks of the one real wood vitally needed to shore up mine pits at busy Karachi Camp and Drake’s Lake.