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Definition of Katar Peninsula
1. Noun. A peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf.
Group relationships: Arabia, Arabian Peninsula
Terms within: Katar, Qatar, State Of Katar, State Of Qatar
Generic synonyms: Peninsula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katar Peninsula
Literary usage of Katar Peninsula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New World: Problems in Political Geography by Isaiah Bowman (1921)
"The pirates occupied the coast of the Katar peninsula at the strait of Hormuz,
northwestward to the head of the gulf (Fig. 230). Early in the 19th century ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... on the western side of the Persian Gulf, and lying mostly within the bay to
the north and west of the Katar Peninsula (Map: Asia, E 6). ..."
3. The Periplus of the Erythræan Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1912)
"... which had been identified with Raamah, or Cushite stock generally. The root
of So-co/ra is evidently the same as El Katar peninsula, adjoining Bahrein. ..."
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