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Rub al Khali

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Rubʿ al Kha⋅li

  [Arab. roob ahl khah-lee; Eng. roob al kah-lee]
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–noun
a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. ab. 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
Also called Ar Rimal, Dahna, Empty Quarter, Great Sandy Desert.
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Rub al Kha·li   (rŏŏb' āl kä'lē, äl KHä'lē)   
A desert region in the southeast interior of the Arabian Peninsula. Virtually without water and uninhabited, it was first visited by an English explorer in 1932 but has not yet been completely explored.
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