GULF OF AKABA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Akaba mean? 

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

1. a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF AKABA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Gulf of Akaba; Gulf of Aqaba

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Holonyms ("Gulf of Akaba" 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)