Crossword clues for bahrain
bahrain
- Persian Gulf sheikdom
- Persian Gulf monarchy
- Arab League nation
- Manama's locale
- Gulf sheikhdom
- Country in the Persian Gulf
- Persian Gulf island nation
- Its capital is Manama
- It's joined to Saudi Arabia by the King Fahd Causeway
- Gulf sheikhdom, capital Manama
- Arabic Kingdom,
- Arab country whose name translates to "two seas"
- "For Christmas my uncle gave me a palm-tree coffee mug from ___ ..."
- Manama is its capital
- Oil-rich land
- Kingdom on the Persian Gulf
- Country with the King Hamad Highway
- Oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
- An island in the Persian Gulf
- An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia
- Gulf sheikdom
- A sheikdom
- Gulf country
- Persian Gulf country
- I'm fed up with the wet country
- Persian Gulf nation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bahrain \Bahrain\ n.
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an island in the Persian Gulf.
Syn: Bahrein.
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an island country in the Persian Gulf.
Syn: Bahrein.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Bahrain , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain ( ), is an island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf in the Middle East. It is an archipelago with Bahrain Island, the largest land mass, at long by wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway while Iran lies to the north across the Persian Gulf. The peninsula of Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain. The population in 2010 stood at 1,234,571, including 666,172 non-nationals.
Bahrain is the site of the ancient Dilmun civilisation. It has been famed since antiquity for its pearl fisheries, which were considered the best in the world into the 19th century. Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to convert to Islam ( 628). Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was occupied by the Portuguese in 1521, who in turn were expelled in 1602 by Shah Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty under the Persian Empire. In 1783, the Bani Utbah clan captured Bahrain from Nasr Al-Madhkur and it has since been ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family, with Ahmed al Fateh as Bahrain's first hakim. In the late 1800s, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1971, Bahrain declared independence. Formerly a state, Bahrain was declared a Kingdom in 2002. In 2011, the country experienced protests inspired by the regional Arab Spring.
Bahrain had the first post-oil economy in the Persian Gulf. Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has invested in the banking and tourism sectors. The country's capital, Manama, is home to many large financial structures. Bahrain has a high Human Development Index and was recognised by the World Bank as a high income economy.
Bahrain is an island country in the Middle East.
Bahrain may also refer to:
- Bahrain (historical region), historic region in the Middle East
- Bahrain Island, largest island within the archipelago of Bahrain
- Bahrain, Iran, city in Iran
- Bahrain, Pakistan, town in Pakistan
Usage examples of "bahrain".
The six GCC states are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
In particular, the Saudis now forbid us to fly strike missions from their air bases, insisting that they be launched instead from Kuwait, Bahrain, or carriers in the Gulf.
After the war, the United States maintained a small naval task force in the area based in Bahrain in support of the lingering British military presence.
Iraq did fight back, launching volleys of al-Hussein modified Scud missiles at Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, but U.
Iraq launched 330 Scud-Bs and 203 al-Husseins against Iranian cities during the Iran-Iraq War and 88 al-Husseins at Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain during the Gulf War.
During the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, there was anti-American rioting in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia that caused considerable damage to many American businesses.
These have even led Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, lordan, and Yemen, among others, to establish parliaments where the people at least have a forum to air their grievances, if not yet a mechanism to govern themselves.
Sunni elites, and Tehran periodically reminds the world that it believes Bahrain should again be a part of Iran, as it was at the height of the Persian Empire.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Turkey, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the Persian Gulf.
In fact to handle that many aircraft, we would probably need bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Turkey.
Chances are we would retain a residual naval and air presence in Bahrain and Qatar, which are much less problematic because the people generally welcome U.
Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Qatar all have lively parliaments, which, though possessing little actual power, allow for popular participation in the process of government--and whose sentiments are not lightly dismissed by the true policy makers.
Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Yemen have instituted democratic changes that appear to be building momentum for greater reforms.
He believed that the proved oil-bearing country that runs down from Iraq through Kuwait, Dahran, Bahrain and Qattar would be found to continue, swinging south-east along the line of the Jebel mountains, through Buraimi and into the independent sheikhdom of Saraifa.
And every now and then a tanker passed them, decks almost awash, with oil from Kuwait, Bahrain and Dahran.