a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
English names: Great Sandy Desert, Empty Quarter
Also called: Ar Rimal
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Rub‘ al Kha•li
(Arab. rŏŏb′ äl кнä′lē; Eng. rŏŏb′ al kä′lē),USA pronunciation
- 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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