MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mozambique Channel mean? 

• MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL (noun)
  The noun MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa

  Familiarity information: MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)

Holonyms ("Mozambique Channel" 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)

 Context examples 

A country in southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.

(Mozambique, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of islands in the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique, northwest of Mayotte.

(Comoros, NCI Thesaurus)