SAUDI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saudi mean? 

• SAUDI (noun)
  The noun SAUDI has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia

  Familiarity information: SAUDI used as a noun is very rare.

• SAUDI (adjective)
  The adjective SAUDI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people

  Familiarity information: SAUDI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAUDI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Saudi; Saudi Arabian

Hypernyms ("Saudi" is a kind of...):

Arab; Arabian (a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa)

Holonyms ("Saudi" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)

Derivation:

Saudi (of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people)

• SAUDI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Saudi; Saudi-Arabian

Context example:

the Saudi royal family

Pertainym:

Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)

Derivation:

Saudi (a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia)

 Context examples 

A country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, southeast of Saudi Arabia.

(Oman, NCI Thesaurus)

Norway, Brunei and Saudi Arabia have all flagged that they wish to be an exporter of hydrogen around the world.

(Cars Powered by New Fuel Type Tested in Australia, VOA)

An archipelago in the Persian Gulf, on the east coast of Saudi Arabia.

(Bahrain, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in the region of southwest Asia, between the India subcontinent and Europe, including Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, lands east of Pakistan or the other countries of the Arabian Peninsula.

(Middle Eastern, NCI Thesaurus)