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Dead Sea

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Dead Sea  (dd)
A salt lake, about 397 m (1,300 ft) below sea level, between Israel and Jordan. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water known and is the lowest point on the surface of the earth.
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Noun1.Dead SeaDead Sea - a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan - an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
Translations
Dead Sea n the Dead Sea → el Mar Muerto
Dead Sea dead n the Dead Sea → la mer Morte
Dead Sea dead n the Dead Sea → das Tote Meer
Dead Sea n the Dead Sea → il mar Morto


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The red eastern sky, the northward blackness, the salt Dead Sea, the stony beach crawling with these foul, slow-stirring monsters, the uniform poisonous-looking green of the lichenous plants, the thin air that hurts one's lungs: all contributed to an appalling effect.
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Thence the passengers could observe the vast extent of this interior sea, which is also called the Dead Sea, and into which flows an American Jordan.
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