bahrain

UK/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/US/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Bahrain is a small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, famous for its Grand Prix. Fly to Bahrain.

It was the first Gulf state to find oil and the first to start running out of it. Bahrain is joined to Saudi Arabia by a causeway sixteen miles long.

Definitions of bahrain

1nounbahrainSmall island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, famous for its Grand Prix.B2
“Bahrain holds the first night race of the season.”

bahrain is a country.

Bahrain Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن literally “the two seas”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

UK/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/US/bɑː(h)ˈɹeɪn/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Bahrain is a small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, famous for its Grand Prix. Fly to Bahrain.

It was the first Gulf state to find oil and the first to start running out of it. Bahrain is joined to Saudi Arabia by a causeway sixteen miles long.

1nounbahrainSmall island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, famous for its Grand Prix.B2
“Bahrain holds the first night race of the season.”

bahrain is a country.

Bahrain Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن literally “the two seas”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA