Bah·rain or Bah·rein (bä-r n ) A country comprising an archipelago of low sandy islands in the Persian Gulf between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It was the first Arabian country to strike oil (1932). A British protectorate after 1861, Bahrain became independent in 1971. Manama, on Bahrain Island, the largest in the archipelago, is the capital. Population: 709,000. Bah·rain i adj. & n. |   |
Bahrain, Bahrein [bɑːˈreɪn]
n
(Placename) an independent sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf, consisting of several islands: under British protection until the declaration of independence in 1971. It has large oil reserves. Language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Manama. Pop.: 701 000 (2001 est.). Area: 678 sq. km (262 sq. miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  Bahrain - an island in the Persian Gulf Arabian Gulf, Persian Gulf - a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world |
| 2. | Bahrain - an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation capital of Bahrain, Manama - the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island Gulf States - the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations |
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