RED SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Red Sea mean? 

• RED SEA (noun)
  The noun RED SEA has 1 sense:

1. a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

  Familiarity information: RED SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

Meronyms (parts of "Red Sea"):

Gulf of Akaba; Gulf of Aqaba (a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia)

Gulf of Suez (a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal)

Holonyms ("Red Sea" 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 

And they stole away out of the palace by night unawares, and seated themselves on the griffin, who flew back with them over the Red Sea.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A country in eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Sudan and Ethiopia.

(Eritrea, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia.

(Djibouti, NCI Thesaurus)

Go to the Red Sea; on the right shore stand many rods—count them, and when thou comest to the eleventh, break it off, and smite the dragon with it; and so the lion will have the victory, and both of them will appear to you in their own forms.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Then the east wind and the west wind came, and said they too had not seen it, but the south wind said, I have seen the white dove—he has fled to the Red Sea, and is changed once more into a lion, for the seven years are passed away, and there he is fighting with a dragon; and the dragon is an enchanted princess, who seeks to separate him from you.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Then look round and thou wilt see a griffin, winged like bird, sitting by the Red Sea; jump on to his back with thy beloved one as quickly as possible, and he will carry you over the waters to your home.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)