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Definition: Bahrain |
BahrainNoun1. An island in the Persian Gulf. 2. An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Bahrain is an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf (Middle East, Asia), capital Manama.
Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.
- History of Bahrain
- Geography of Bahrain
- Demographics of Bahrain
- Politics of Bahrain
- Economy of Bahrain
- Culture of Bahrain (see also music of Bahrain)
- Communications in Bahrain
- Transportation in Bahrain
- Military of Bahrain
- Foreign relations of Bahrain
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This is the history of Bahrain.
See also the history of the Middle East, history of Asia, and the
history of present-day nations and states.Bahrain was once part of the ancient civilization of Dilmun and served as an important link in trade routes between Sumeria and the Indus Valley as long as 5,000 years ago. Since the late 18th century, Bahrain has been governed by the Al Khalifa family, which created close ties to Britain by signing the General Treaty of Peace in 1820. A binding treaty of protection, known as the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship, was concluded in 1861 and further revised in 1892 and 1951. This treaty was similar to those entered into by the British Government with the other Persian Gulf principalities. It specified that the ruler could not dispose of any of his territory except to the United Kingdom and could not enter into relationships with any foreign government other than the United Kingdom without British consent. The British promised to protect Bahrain from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack.
After World War II, Bahrain became the center for British administration of treaty obligations in the lower Persian Gulf. In 1968, when the British Government announced its decision (reaffirmed in March 1971) to end the treaty relationships with the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Bahrain joined the other eight states (Qatar and the seven Trucial Sheikhdoms, which are now called the United Arab Emirates) under British protection in an effort to form a union of Arab emirates. By mid-1971, however, the nine sheikhdoms still had not agreed on terms of union. Accordingly, Bahrain sought independence as a separate entity and became fully independent on August 15, 1971, as the State of Bahrain.
Based on its 1971 constitution, Bahrain elected its first parliament in 1973, but just 2 years later, in August 1975, the Amir disbanded the National Assembly because the Parliament attempted to legislate the end of Al-Khalifa rule and the expulsion of the U.S. Navy from Bahrain. Political unrest broke out in December 1994 and included sporadic mass protests, skirmishes with local law enforcement, arson, and property attacks. In June 1995, the first Bahraini cabinet change in 20 years took place, producing mixed public response. In 1996, the Amir increased the membership of the Consultative Council, which he created in 1993, from 30 to 40, to provide advice and opinion on legislation proposed by the cabinet and, in certain cases, suggest new laws on its own. In 1998 Shaykh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa became Amir after the death of his father, Shaykh Isa bin Hamad Al Halifa.
Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs among its larger neighbors. Possessing minimal oil reserves, Bahrain has turned to petroleum processing and refining, and has transformed itself into an international banking center. The new amir is pushing economic and political reforms, and has worked to improve relations with the Shi'a community.
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "History of Bahrain."
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Railways: 0 kmHighways:
total: 3,164 km
paved: 2,433 km
unpaved: 731 km (1998 est.)
note: there is a paved causeway connecting Bahrain to Saudi ArabiaPipelines: crude oil 56 km; petroleum products 16 km; natural gas 32 km
Ports and harbors: Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 228,273 GRT/304,654 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)Airports: 3 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 2 (1999 est.)Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)
Reference
Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
- See also : Bahrain
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Transportation in Bahrain."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BAH | English | Bahrain | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BahrainSynonyms: Bahrain Island (n), Bahrein (n), Bahrein Island (n), State of Bahrain (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bahrain |
| English words defined with "Bahrain": Bahrain dinar, Bahraini, Bahrainian monetary unit, Bahreini ♦ capital of Bahrain ♦ dinar ♦ fils ♦ Manama. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Bahrain": Bahraini dinar, bh. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bahrain" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (Bahrain, Bahrain (bh), Bahrein). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bankok Bahrain (1984) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mediterranean moored to the BAPCO pier at Bahrain, circa July 1948. Mooring description from the original report: "A Mediterranean type moor to the BAPCO pier was employed when the ship refueled. The port anchor was dropped well up stream and thirty fathoms of chain veered. The starboard anchor was then dropped and one hundred and five fathoms of chain veered. At the same time the amount of chain veered to the port anchor was increased to one hundred and thirty-five fathoms. The stern was pushed around until perpendicular to the dock and then secured to the dock ...". Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Bahrain Fort" by Ivan Raszl Commentary: "This is a portugese fort in Bahrain." | "Bahrain girl02" by Christo Pacheco Commentary: "A girl in Bahrain." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Two other cables link the country with Bahrain and Djibouti. (references) | |
A "major" market is defined as a country where Bahrain represents a substantially large share of either imports or exports. (references) | ||
From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Bahrain compared to other major country markets. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bahrain | In late September 2000, the newly formed Bahrain Journalists Association elected its first board of directors. (references) |
Economic History | Bahrain | Bahrain also boasts three universities. (references) |
Bahrain | SMC is the largest hospital in Bahrain. (references) | |
Human Rights | Saudi Arabia | Marriages between Sunni and Shi'a citizens are discouraged, and any such marriages generally are made formal officiated in ceremonies in the neighboring country of Bahrain. (references) |
Bahrain | Representatives of Amnesty International visited the country in March and November, meeting with the Amir on the first visit and cohosting a seminar with the Bahrain Human Rights Society on the second. (references) | |
Bahrain | Most, if not all, of the members of the Damascus-based Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Bahrain and the Copenhagen-based Bahrain Human Rights Organization have returned to the country since the February referendum on the National Action Charter. (references) | |
Political Economy | BAHRAIN | There are currently 18 JLCs in Bahrain. (references) |
BAHRAIN | Taxation: Bahrain is essentially tax-free. (references) | |
Bahrain | In February, Bahrain had its first election in over 25 years. (references) | |
Trade | Bahrain | Bahrain imposes standard international export controls. (references) |
Bahrain | Bahrain follows the lead of Saudi Arabia on such issues. (references) | |
Bahrain | Duty-free access to GCC countries is possible from Bahrain. (references) | |
Travel | Bahrain | Entry visas for American citizens may be obtained upon arrival at the Bahrain International Airport. (references) |
Bahrain | We cannot stress enough that personal contact, frequently renewed, is key to doing business successfully in Bahrain. (references) | |
Bahrain | Rental cars are readily available, but an International Driving License is required and must be validated in Bahrain. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ethiopia | Private entities now arrange for overseas work and, as a result, the number of women being sent to Middle Eastern countries, particularly Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, as domestic or industrial workers increased significantly. (references) |
Bahrain | The elected worker representatives of the JLC's select the 11 members of the General Committee of Bahrain workers (GCBW), which was established by law in 1983, and which oversees and coordinates the work of the JLC's. The GCBW also hears complaints from citizen and foreign workers and helps them bring their complaints to the attention of the Ministry of Labor or the courts. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bahrain" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bahrain" is used about 166 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 166 | 24,220 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Bahrain": Bahrain dinar ♦ Bahrain Island ♦ capital of Bahrain ♦ state of Bahrain. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Bahrain": Bahrain-based, Bahrain-qatar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Bahrain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 巴林 . (various references) | |
Danish | Bahrain (State of Bahrain, The State of Bahrain), staten Bahrain (State of Bahrain, The State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Dutch | Bahrein (Bahrein), Staat Bahrein (State of Bahrain), de Staat Bahrein (The State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Finnish | Bahrainin valtio (State of Bahrain), Bahrain (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
French | Bahrein (The State of Bahrain), Bahreïn (State of Bahrain), L'Etat de Bahrein (The State of Bahrain), l'État de Bahreïn (State of Bahrain), État de Bahreïn (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
German | Bahrain (Bahrain (bh), Bahrein). (various references) | |
Greek | Κράτος του Μπαχρέιν (State of Bahrain), Μπαχρέιν (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Italian | Bahrein (State of Bahrain, The State of Bahrain), Stato di Bahrein (The State of Bahrain), Stato del Bahrein (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Korean | 바레인 (Bahraini, Bahreini). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ahrainbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Barém (Bahrein), Estado do Barém (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Russian | бахрейн. (various references) | |
Spanish | Bahráin (State of Bahrain), Estado de Bahráin (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
Swedish | Bahrein, Bahrain (State of Bahrain), Staten Bahrain (State of Bahrain). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Bahrain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baaargain, Baghlani, bahreah, Bahri, Bahriye, Bahru, Ba-hrun, Bajrani, Barani, Barharn, Baroin, Barrani, Bathrik, Bayrami, Bechari, Behra, Berhan, bharati, bhatain, Bhawan, Birhan, Bohaine, Buhari, Jakhrani. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-i-n-r" | |
-2 letters: bairn, brain, naira. | |
-3 letters: abri, airn, aria, bani, barn, bran, brin, haar, hair, raia, rain, rani. | |
-4 letters: aah, aba, aha, ain, air, ana, ani, arb, baa, bah, ban, bar, bin, bra, hin, nab, nah, nib, rah, ran, ria, rib, rin. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ah, ai, an, ar, ba, bi, ha, hi, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: branchia, hairband. | |
+2 letters: brainwash, branchiae, branchial, hairbands. | |
+3 letters: batrachian. | |
+4 letters: batrachians, brachiating, brachiation, brainwashed, brainwasher, brainwashes, chamberlain, harebrained, hibernacula, tarnishable. | |
+5 letters: brachiations, brainwashers, brainwashing, breathtaking, chamberlains, featherbrain, hebraization, labyrinthian, pathbreaking, rehabilitant, subarachnoid, uncharitable, uncharitably. | |
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