Associations to the word «Bahrain»

Wiktionary

BAHRAIN, proper noun. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.

Dictionary definition

BAHRAIN, noun. An island in the Persian Gulf.
BAHRAIN, noun. An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats