<P> Following the unification of the Hejaz and Nejd kingdoms , the new state was named al - Mamlakah al - ʻArabīyah as - Suʻūdīyah ( a transliteration of المملكة العربية السعودية in Arabic ) by royal decree on 23 September 1932 by its founder , Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Ibn Saud ) . Although this is normally translated as `` the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia '' in English , it literally means `` the Saudi Arab kingdom '' , or `` the Arab Saudi Kingdom '' . </P>
what was the real name of saudi arabia
al - Mamlakah al - ʻArabīyah as - Suʻūdīyah