Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: basketball (Noun). A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. basketball (Noun). The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.iktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: basketball (Noun). A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. basketball (Noun). The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
The Middle Eastern region is comprised of countries near the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, etc., and countries in North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, etc. The South Asian region is comprised of India and Pakistan.
List of six Arab GCC (or AGCC) countries (Gulf countries), citizen nationalities, nations, or member states is Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE. Yemen and Iran are Muslim countries but not GCC members.Population statistics, foreign expat resident percentages, currency, land area, other figures and data. Iran and Iraq are not part of the GCC. 2  Both countries have a coastline on the Arabian or Persian Gulf, both are Islamic or Muslim countries, Iraq is Arab, Iran is not (is Persian), Iraq has a land border with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Iran does not have a land border with any GCC country.