What is the difference between arabs and arabians?

Question

is arabians a word?

Answer 1

Arabs are people. Arabians are a breed of horses.

Answer 2

In reference to peoples, there is no difference. Arab or Arabian is anyone whose origins come from the Arabian Peninsula, currently home to Saudi Arabia and some smaller nations as well. In the modern era of nation-states the term Arab is largely fallen out of proper use and is becoming more of a slur than any real reference to people from the region. I.E. a person from Saudi Arabia is called a Saudi, not an Arab even though both terms are probably appropriate.

Answer 3

Arabs are an ethnic group that orginated in the Middle East. The term Arabians have fallen out of use. The term Saudi Arabians do not necessarily refer to Arabs, just citizens of Saudi Arabia, a nation that is considered one of the Arab states. There are other ethnic groups in the Middle East- Persians, Assyrians, Kurds, Jews (or Hebrews), etc. Jews, Arabs, and Assyrians are Semitic groups, while Persians and Kurds are considered Indo-Aryan.

Also, not all Arabs are Muslims (they are also Christian, Baha'ai, etc) and not all Muslims are Arabs. I apologize if you knew that, but I'm constantly surprised at what people don't know.