Etymology

Bahrain

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Today it means: An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama. Full definition →

Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالْبَحْرَيْن
  2. English todayBahrain

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.