English Explanatory Dictionary

Straits of Tiran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A straits in the Red Sea, Asia. The narrowed waters that exists between the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula and the nearest mainland of the Arabian Peninsula, which contains the Island of Tiran, that separates the Gulf of Aqaba from the main body of the Red Sea.
  2. Synonym of Tiran Strait A strait in the Red Sea, Asia. The westernmost strait of these straits, between Tiran and Sinai.

Word forms

Straits of Tiran Tiran Strait Tiran Straits Strait of Tiran

Etymology

From strait + Tiran. From Tiran Island.

Synonyms

Tiran Strait A strait in the Red Sea Asia
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