Arabs

E5830

cultural group ethnic group ethnolinguistic group

Arabs are a diverse ethnolinguistic group originating from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions, united primarily by the Arabic language and a shared cultural and historical heritage.

Observed surface forms (19)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arab	46
Arab American	6
Arab Americans	6
Sunni Arabs	3
Arab culture	2
Arab American community	1
Arab Chadians	1
Arab Malays	1
Arab people	1
Bedouin	1
Hadhrami	1
Iranian Arabs	1
Iraqi Arabs	1
Levantine Arab	1
Ottoman Arabs	1
Shuwa Arab communities	1
Sudanese Arabs	1
Syrian people	1
Yemenis	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
ancestralHomeland	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
associatedReligion	Christianity ⓘ Druze faith ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ other religions ⓘ
culturalRegion	Arab world ⓘ Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
diasporaPresence	Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
dominantRiteInChristianity	Eastern Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ethnicity	Arabs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arab
historicalEmpire	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ various Arab caliphates and sultanates ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfCulture	Classical Arabic ⓘ
includeSpeakersOf	Egyptian Arabic ⓘ Gulf Arabic ⓘ Hijazi Arabic ⓘ Mesopotamian Arabic ⓘ surface form: Iraqi Arabic Levantine Arabic ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ Najdi Arabic ⓘ Sudanese Arabic ⓘ Yemeni Arabic ⓘ
languageBranch	Central Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Semitic languages ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Classical Arabic ⓘ
macrolanguage	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language
majorHoliday	Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Fitr ⓘ Ramadan ⓘ
majorityReligion	Islam ⓘ
memberStatesOrganization	Arab League ⓘ
notableHistoricalCenter	Baghdad ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Cordoba (historical) ⓘ Damascus ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
originRegion	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
politicalOrganization	Arab League ⓘ
populationScope	one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in the world ⓘ tens of millions ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
religiousDiversity	Druze ⓘ Ibadi Islam ⓘ surface form: Ibadi Muslims Shia Islam ⓘ surface form: Shia Muslims Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni Muslims secular and non-religious individuals ⓘ various Christian denominations ⓘ
religiousTextLanguage	Quran in Arabic ⓘ
selfIdentificationCriterion	Arab cultural affiliation ⓘ Arabic as native language ⓘ descent from Arab ancestors ⓘ
sharedHeritage	Arab cuisine ⓘ Arab culture ⓘ Arab customs and traditions ⓘ Arab music ⓘ Arabic literature ⓘ Arabic poetry ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	nomadic pastoralism ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ sedentary urban life ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure	tribal system ⓘ
UNESCOCulturalHeritage	Arabic calligraphy ⓘ Arabic coffee culture ⓘ Falconry in Arab culture ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sudanese → ethnicGroupIncludes → Arabs ⓘ

Sudan → ethnicGroupMajor → Arabs ⓘ

Djibouti → ethnicGroupMinority → Arabs ⓘ

Salé → ethnicGroups → Arabs ⓘ

Al Anbar Governorate → ethnicMajority → Arabs ⓘ

Arabian Peninsula → ethnicMajority → Arabs ⓘ

Mahdist Sudan → ethnicMajority → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sudanese Arabs

southern Iraq → ethnicMajority → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

Al-Mansur → ethnicOrigin → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Syrian American → ethnicOrigin → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Abd al-Muttalib → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Arabs → ethnicity → Arabs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Hasan ibn Ali → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Husayn ibn Ali → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Ibn Jubayr → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Muhammad → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Quraysh → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → ethnicity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

northern Morocco → hasCulturalInfluence → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco

this entity surface form: Arab

Palermo → hasCulturalInfluence → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Acre → hasEthnicCommunity → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Middle Eastern American → hasEthnicComponent → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab American

Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

Djerba in Tunisia → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Djerba

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadhrami

Jebel Nafusa in Libya → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Jebel Nafusa

Johor → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab Malays

Middle East and North Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

northern Iraq → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

northern Morocco → hasEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco

Palestinian → hasEthnicRelation → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian people

Palestinian → hasEthnicRelation → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bedouin

Northwest Africa → hasEthnoLinguisticGroup → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

North Africa → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

southern Iraq → hasMinority → Arabs ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

this entity surface form: Sunni Arabs

Lod → hasPopulationGroup → Arabs ⓘ

Palestinian → hasPrimaryEthnicSelfIdentification → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Lebanese people → historicalInfluenceFrom → Arabs ⓘ

Ottoman culture → influencedBy → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab culture

Umayyad conquest of Hispania → involvedEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

Hussein → isUsedBy → Arabs ⓘ

Algeria → majorEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

Fallujah → majorEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

Tikrit → majorityEthnicGroup → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab

Al Anbar Governorate → majorityPopulation → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Arabs

Bahraini American → mayIdentifyAs → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab American

Arabian Sea → namedAfter → Arabs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab people