Arabia Felix

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Arabia fēlīx Arabia Foelīx (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (Arabía Eudaímōn, literally “the well-off Arabia”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈra.bi.a ˈfeː.liːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈraː.bi.a ˈfɛː.liks] === Proper noun === Arabia Fēlīx f sg (genitive Arabiae Fēlīcis); first declension The Arabian Peninsula, especially South Arabia (post-Classical) Yemen (region) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with a third-declension adjective, singular only. ==== Coordinate terms ==== Arabia Dēserta Arabia Petraea ==== See also ==== German: glückliches Arabien, Glückliches Arabien === References === “Arabia Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Retsö, Jan (2000), “Where and what was Arabia Felix?”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 30, →JSTOR, pages 189–92