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STRAIT OF MALACCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Strait of Malacca mean?
• STRAIT OF MALACCA (noun)
The noun STRAIT OF MALACCA has 1 sense:
1. the strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra; it connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west and is an important shipping lane
Familiarity information: STRAIT OF MALACCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra; it connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west and is an important shipping lane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
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