Asir

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proper noun

A province of Saudi Arabia.

OriginArabic عَسِير →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A province of Saudi Arabia.

    A world of color and hospitality is the realm of women in remote, mountainous Asir, part of the region that the Romans dubbed "happy Arabia" for its plentiful rainfall and less severe life-style.

    1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 449
  2. A former emirate in what is now Saudi Arabia.

Origin

  1. Arabicعَسِير
  2. EnglishAsir

Borrowed from Arabic عَسِير (ʕasīr).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Asir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asir

MLA

“Asir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asir. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Asir,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Asir.

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