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

(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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Noun

Red 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 Sea → il 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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Abyssinia Al-Hudaydah Arabia Arabian Desert Arabian Peninsula Bab el Mandeb Eritrea Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Great Arabian Desert Gulf of Akaba Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Suez Hedjaz Hejaz Hijaz Hodeida Jed'dah Jeddah	And they stole away out of the palace by night unawares, and seated themselves on the griffin, who flew back with them over the Red Sea. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context "I will give you," she said, "all the riches of the Red Sea. Fables by Aesop View in context But not to speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for any whale to swim in. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context	red porgy Red precipitate Red prussiate of potash red puccoon red rag red raspberry red rat snake red rattle red region Red Republican red ribbon Red River red rockfish red roman red rose red route red run red salmon red sandalwood red sanders red sanderswood Red sandstone red saunders Red scale red scare Red Sea red seaweed red setter red shank red shift red shrubby penstemon red silk cotton red silk-cotton tree Red silver red silver fir red siskin red snapper red snow Red softening red sorrel red spider red spider mite Red Spot red sprites red spruce Red Square red squill red squirrel red state Red Sun red supergiant	Red Roses Red Roses red rosin paper red rosin paper Red rot Red route Red Rum red run red rust Red Ruthenian language Red Saber Order red salmon red salmon red salvia red sandalwood Red sandalwood tree red sandalwoods red sanders red sanderswood Red sandstone Red sauce red saunders Red scale red scare red scare red scare Red Scarf Society for the Performing Arts Red Screen of Death Red Screen Of Doom Red Sea Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden Red Sea Association for Diving Watersports Red sea bream Red Sea Bream Iridoviral Disease Red Sea Bream Iridovirus Red Sea CO2 Red Sea Convergence Zone Red Sea Environmental Centre Red Sea Governorate Red Sea Housing Services Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts Red Sea Mission Team Red Sea Petroleum Operating Company Limited Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative red seaweed Red Sector Red Sector Racing League Red Semi-Automated Forces red sesbania red setter red setter red setter red setter red setters red setters red setters Red shank Red shank Red Shield Family Initiative red shift

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Abyssinia
Al-Hudaydah
Arabia
Arabian Desert
Arabian Peninsula
Bab el Mandeb
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Great Arabian Desert
Gulf of Akaba
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Suez
Hedjaz
Hejaz
Hijaz
Hodeida
Jed'dah
Jeddah

And they stole away out of the palace by night unawares, and seated themselves on the griffin, who flew back with them over the Red Sea.

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

"I will give you," she said, "all the riches of the Red Sea.

Fables by Aesop View in context

But not to speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for any whale to swim in.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

Red Roses
Red Roses
red rosin paper
red rosin paper
Red rot
Red route
Red Rum
red run
red rust
Red Ruthenian language
Red Saber Order
red salmon
red salmon
red salvia
red sandalwood
Red sandalwood tree
red sandalwoods
red sanders
red sanderswood
Red sandstone
Red sauce
red saunders
Red scale
red scare
red scare
red scare
Red Scarf Society for the Performing Arts
Red Screen of Death
Red Screen Of Doom

Red Sea

Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Red Sea Association for Diving Watersports
Red sea bream
Red Sea Bream Iridoviral Disease
Red Sea Bream Iridovirus
Red Sea CO2
Red Sea Convergence Zone
Red Sea Environmental Centre
Red Sea Governorate
Red Sea Housing Services
Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts
Red Sea Mission Team
Red Sea Petroleum Operating Company Limited
Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative
red seaweed
Red Sector
Red Sector Racing League
Red Semi-Automated Forces
red sesbania
red setter
red setter
red setter
red setter
red setters
red setters
red setters
Red shank
Red shank
Red Shield Family Initiative
red shift