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Bahrain

/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/ · name

Meaning

  1. An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, literally “the two seas”).

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