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Bahrein   Listen
noun
Bahrein  n.  
1.
An island in the Persian Gulf; same as Bahrain.
Synonyms: Bahrain.
2.
An island country in the Persian Gulf.
Synonyms: Bahrain.





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"Bahrein" Quotes from Famous Books



... source of supply is not sufficient to account, at once, for the consumption in Assyria itself, and for the exports from Assyria to foreign countries. A regular trade for ivory seems to have been carried on from very early times between India and Dedan (Bahrein,?) in the Persian Gulf. The travelling companies of the Dedanim, who conveyed this precious merchandise from their own country to Phoenicia, passed probably along the course of the Euphrates, and left ...
— The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria • George Rawlinson
... the favorite fishing grounds for pearls is at Bahrein, on the Persian Gulf. The divers bring in the oysters from the fishing banks in the Gulf, and pile them on the shore in great heaps. Here they lie till they are rotted; and the stench that arises is enough to turn any inexperienced stomach. When the substance of the oyster ...
— Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


Words linked to "Bahrein" :   Bahrain Island, State of Bahrain, Arab League, Bahrain, island, Arabian Gulf, Bahrein Island, capital of Bahrain, Gulf States, Asian country, Bahraini, Asia, Asian nation, Manama, Bahreini


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