Suez

Su·ez  (s-z, sz)

A city of northeast Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It became a major port after the opening of the canal. Population: 488,000.

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Suez, Gulf of

An arm of the Red Sea off northeast Egypt west of the Sinai Peninsula.

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Suez, Isthmus of

An isthmus of northeast Egypt connecting Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and the Gulf of Suez on the south.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Suez - a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

Translations

Suez [ˈsuːɪz] n the Suez Canal → der Suezkanal

Suez [ˈsuːɪz] n the Suez Canal → il Canale di Suez