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Red Sea
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Red Sea
A long narrow sea between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is linked with the Mediterranean to the north through the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal and with the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea to the south through the Bab el Mandeb.

Red Sea
n
(Placename) a long narrow sea between Arabia and NE Africa, linked with the Mediterranean in the north by the Suez Canal and with the Indian Ocean in the south: occasionally reddish in appearance through algae. Area: 438 000 sq. km (169 000 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Red Sea - a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and ArabiaRed Sea - a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
Gulf of Akaba, Gulf of Aqaba - a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
Gulf of Suez - a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
Translations
Red Sea n
the Red Sea → la mer Rouge

Red Sea n the Red Seail mar Rosso

Red Sea البحر الأحمر Rudé moře Det Røde Hav Rotes Meer Ερυθρά Θάλασσα Mar Rojo Punainen meri mer Rouge Crveno more Mar Rosso 紅海 홍해 Rode Zee Rødehavet Morze Czerwone Mar Vermelho Красное море Röda havet ทะเลแดง Kızıl Deniz Hồng Hải 红海


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Formerly colonial "German East Africa" and later British-controlled Tanganyika, and centuries earlier part of the remarkable Land of Zinj, Tanzania's coastal strip, known since Biblical times to sailors and merchants from lands as distant and diverse as Arabia, Persia, India and China, was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, a maritime guide written in the time of Alexander the Great.
 
 
 
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