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RED SEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

Meronyms (parts of "Red Sea"):

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)

Holonyms ("Red Sea" is a part of...):

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)

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