BAHRAINI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bahraini mean? 

• BAHRAINI (noun)
  The noun BAHRAINI has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Bahrain

  Familiarity information: BAHRAINI used as a noun is very rare.

• BAHRAINI (adjective)
  The adjective BAHRAINI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language

  Familiarity information: BAHRAINI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAHRAINI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Bahrain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bahraini; Bahreini

Hypernyms ("Bahraini" is a kind of...):

Arab; Arabian (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)

Holonyms ("Bahraini" is a member of...):

Bahrain; Bahrein; State of 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)

Derivation:

Bahraini (of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language)

• BAHRAINI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Bahraini beaches

Pertainym:

Bahrain (an island in the Persian Gulf)

Derivation:

Bahraini (a native or inhabitant of Bahrain)