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RED SEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
