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An independent state, an archipelago in the western Persian Gulf, northwest of Qatar. It comprises low-lying islands of Bahrain (the largest), Muharraq, Sitra, and several islets. It has extensive oil fields. The name comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, \'the two seas\', with reference to its lying in the middle of a bay with its \'two seas\' east and west of it. (From Webster\'s New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p107 & Room, Brewer\'s Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
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