SYRIAN DESERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Syrian Desert mean? 

• SYRIAN DESERT (noun)
  The noun SYRIAN DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia

  Familiarity information: SYRIAN DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYRIAN DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Syrian Desert" is a part of...):

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jordan (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea)

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

Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)

Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)