Asir

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Asir

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Borrowed from Arabic عَسِير (ʕasīr).

proper noun

  1. A province of Saudi Arabia. A world of color and hospitality is the realm of women in remote, mountainous Asir, part of the region that the Romans dubbed "happy Arabia" for its plentiful rainfall and less severe life-style.
  2. A former emirate in what is now Saudi Arabia.

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"Asir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/asir. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Asir. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/asir

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"Asir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/asir.

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@misc{asir_2026,
  title = {Asir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}