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SUEZ CANAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Suez Canal mean?
• SUEZ CANAL (noun)
The noun SUEZ CANAL has 1 sense:
1. a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Familiarity information: SUEZ CANAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
ship canal; shipway (a canal large enough for seagoing vessels)
Holonyms ("Suez Canal" 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)
Context examples
The boat was now somewhere south of the Suez Canal on her way to Australia.
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