GULF OF ADEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Aden mean? 

• GULF OF ADEN (noun)
  The noun GULF OF ADEN has 1 sense:

1. arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea

  Familiarity information: GULF OF ADEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF ADEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea

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 Aden" 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 eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia.

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