Asia

Bahreïn

Bahrain

no article

Going there, being there

à Bahreïn

Coming from

de Bahreïn

Why

Bahreïn takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Bahreïn.

The people

un Bahreïni, une Bahreïnie

Official language

arabe

Capital

Manama

Example

Un pont relie Bahreïn au continent.

A bridge links Bahrain to the mainland.

Worth knowing

Bahrain takes no article: à Bahreïn, de Bahreïn. Like Oman, Taïwan and Singapour.

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