Bahrain

Type Country & Island
Usage Arabic, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Romanian, Catalan, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
Scripts بحرين(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. bah-RIEN(Arabic) bah-RAYN(English) ba-RIEN(German) bakh-RIEN(German) bə-RIEN(Catalan)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "two seas" in Arabic, derived from بحر (bahr) meaning "sea" combined with the dual suffix ين (ayn). This is the name of a small island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia. In Arabic it is properly written with the definite article: البحرين (al-Bahrayn).

Related Names

VariantBahrayn(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesBahreyn(Armenian) Bakhreyn(Belarusian) Bahrein(Bosnian) Bahreyn(Bulgarian) Balin(Chinese) Bahrein(Croatian) Bahrajn(Czech) Bahrein(Dutch) Bahrein(Estonian) Bahreïn(French) Bahreini(Georgian) Bachrein(Greek) Bachreyn(Hebrew) Bahrein(Hungarian) Barein(Icelandic) Bahrein(Italian) Bārēn, Baren(Japanese) Bakhreyn(Kazakh) Barein(Korean) Bakhreyn(Kyrgyz) Bahreina(Latvian) Bahreinas(Lithuanian) Bahrein(Macedonian) Bahreyn(Persian) Bahrajn(Polish) Bahrein, Barém(Portuguese) Bakhreyn(Russian) Bahrein(Serbian) Bahrajn(Slovak) Bahrajn(Slovene) Baréin(Spanish) Baren(Thai) Bahreyn(Turkish) Bakhreyn(Ukrainian)

Categories

kingdoms
Entry updated April 23, 2024