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EASTERN DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
Synonyms:
Arabian Desert; Eastern Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Eastern Desert" is a part of...):
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)
Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)