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SAUDITA [6 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-term resident of Saudi Arabia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née en Arabie Saoudite ou qui y habite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
DEF

Persona nativa o habitante de Arabia Saudita.

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Record 2 2017-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
SA
classification system code, see observation
SAU
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A country in southwestern Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

OBS

Capital: Riyadh.

OBS

Inhabitant: Saudi Arabian.

OBS

Saudi Arabia: common name of the country.

OBS

SA; SAU: codes recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SA
classification system code, see observation
SAU
classification system code, see observation
OBS

État d'Asie occidentale baigné à l'ouest par la mer Rouge et à l'est par le golfe Persique [...]

OBS

Capitale : Riyad.

OBS

Habitant : Saoudien, Saoudienne.

OBS

Arabie saoudite : nom usuel du pays.

OBS

SA; SAU : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller en Arabie saoudite, visiter l'Arabie saoudite

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
SA
classification system code, see observation
SAU
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Capital: Riad.

OBS

Habitante: saudí.

OBS

Arabia Saudita; Arabia Saudí: nombres usuales del país.

OBS

SA; SAU: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

OBS

Arabia Saudita; Reino de Arabia Saudita: nombres reconocidos por las Naciones Unidas.

OBS

Arabia Saudí; Reino de Arabia Saudí: nombres en español recomendados por la Real Academia Española y la Unión Europea.

OBS

Arabia Saudí; Arabia Saudita: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que Arabia Saudí y Arabia Saudita son topónimos igualmente apropiados, de acuerdo con la Ortografía académica. [...] Tal como señala el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, ambas formas se consideran igualmente válidas en español. Mientras que Arabia Saudí es la grafía preferida en España, Arabia Saudita, sin tilde, es la denominación más extendida en Hispanoamérica.

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Record 3 2010-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Meteorology
OBS

Saudi Arabia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Météorologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Meteorología
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Record 4 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Market Prices
DEF

The world's most prolific crude oil, frequently used as a marker crude in establishing the prices of other crudes.

CONT

The price of Saudi Arabian light crude oil was previously fixed at $12.70 per barrel (34 degrees A.P.I. with 1.7 per cent sulphur) and this was used as the reference world oil price in calculating the substitution value of Canadian natural gas exports.

Key term(s)
  • Arabian light crude

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
DEF

Mélange de pétroles d'Arabie Saoudite dont le prix sert de référence sur le marché mondial.

CONT

[...] les Arabian Light sont des pétroles bruts légers provenant de la péninsule arabique [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación comercial (Petróleo y gas natural)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Precios (Comercialización)
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Record 5 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Finance
  • Economic Co-operation and Development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Finances
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Finanzas
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 6 1996-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
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