1. Arab-Israeli_War

noun. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt.

Rhymes with Syrian Arab Republic

• interpublic
• nonpublic

2. Arab-Israeli_War

noun. tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East.

3. Arab-Berbers

noun. an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa.

4. republic

noun. ['riːˈpʌblək, riːˈpʌblɪk'] a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

5. republic

noun. ['riːˈpʌblək, riːˈpʌblɪk'] a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch.

6. Syrian

noun. a native or inhabitant of Syria.

7. Arab

noun. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa.

8. Arab

noun. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia.