GULF OF SUEZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Suez mean? 

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

1. a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF SUEZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal

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 Suez" 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)