Arabia Felix

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A 1787 French map of Arabie Heureuse by Clouet, J. B. L. (Jean-Baptiste Louis).

Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe South Arabia,[1][2] or what is now Yemen.[3]

  1. ^ New Geographical Dictionary (Springfield, Mass., 1972), p. 63.
  2. ^ Graf, D.; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; T. Elliott; J. Becker (15 December 2020). "Places: 746710 (Arabia Eudaemon)". Pleiades. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Sergeant, R. B. & Lewcock, R. (eds.), Sanʻa: An Arabian Islamic City, London 1983