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SKAGERAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Skagerak mean?
• SKAGERAK (noun)
The noun SKAGERAK has 1 sense:
1. a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
Familiarity information: SKAGERAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Skagerak; Skagerrak
Instance hypernyms:
sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
Holonyms ("Skagerak" is a part of...):
North Sea (an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970)
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