Noun | 1. | ![]() Arabia, Arabian Peninsula - a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert - a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Sinai Desert, Sinai - a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt Syrian Desert - a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia |