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Aqaba

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A·qa·ba  (äk-b, k-), Gulf of
An arm of the Red Sea between the Sinai Peninsula and northwest Saudi Arabia. It has long been of strategic importance in the Middle East.
Aqaba, Akaba [ˈækəbə]
n
(Placename) the only port in Jordan, in the southwest, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Pop.: 46 090 (1990 est.)
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Noun1.AqabaAqaba - Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
Akaba, Al Aqabah
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan - an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea


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