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GULF OF SUEZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)
Holonyms ("Gulf of Suez" is a part of...):
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)