The Queen of Sheiba

Arabic translation: ملكة سبأ

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English term or phrase:	The Queen of Sheba
Arabic translation:	ملكة سبأ
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

12:25 Oct 29, 2002

English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: The Queen of Sheiba

It's an idiom or something like that. I Know that Sheiba(I'm not sure this is the right spelling)is a name of a city but what is it in Arabic I know the meaning of this idiom but I don't know the name of the city in Arabic.
By the way this idiom (I think)means that a woman who is so bossy and yet do nothing she is so lazy; so they call her the Queen of Sheiba.
THANKS in Advance.

Rana*

ملكة سبأ

Explanation:
The name of the ancient kingdom (in today's Yemen) is spelled Sheba,

Fuad

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Fuad Yahya

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ملكة سبأ

Fuad Yahya

malikat saba'a

Adil Osman

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ملكة سبأ

Explanation:
The name of the ancient kingdom (in today's Yemen) is spelled Sheba,

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
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Arabic,

English
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Thank you very much

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malikat saba'a

Explanation:
i am not sure of the idiomatic usage you have reffered to. may be this depends on the arab society and culture where the idiom has been used. there is a reference in the Qura\'an to the people of sheba as: Al-Sabiaa.

Adil Osman
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Arabic
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