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Jordan is mostly just known as Jordan, whereas Saudi Arabia is in fact widely known by this full name. Witness the URL difference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by swombat 11y ago
Jordan is mostly just known as Jordan, whereas Saudi Arabia is in fact widely known by this full name. Witness the URL difference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
- ptaipale 11y agoThat is rather simply explained by the fact that Kingdom od Saudi Arabia doesn't cover all of geographical Arabia.
- joelwilliamson 11y agoThe Kingdom of Jordan also doesn't cover the entirety of the river Jordan.
- ptaipale 11y agoIt did until 1967. However, the point is that "Arabia" has a specific meaning as an area that is different from the area of Saudi-Arabia, whereas different meanings of Jordan the river, Jordan the country and Jordan the toothbrush are usually clearly distinguishable from context.