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Bahrain

An independent state, an archipelago in the western Persian Gulf, northwest of Qatar. It comprises low-lying islands of Bahrain (the largest), Muharraq, Sitra, and several islets. It has extensive oil fields. The name comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, the two seas, with reference to its lying in the middle of a bay with its two seas east and west of it. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p107 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)

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An independent state, an archipelago in the western Persian Gulf, northwest of Qatar. It comprises low-lying islands of Bahrain (the largest), Muharraq, Sitra, and several islets. It has extensive oil fields. The name comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, the two seas, with reference to its lying in the middle of a bay with its two seas east and west of it. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p107 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a state in the Persian Gulf

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Bahrain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001445. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001445
  2. Bahrain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain
  3. Bahrain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q398