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Bitter Lakes
plural noun
- two lakes in NE Egypt, forming part of the Suez Canal.
Bitter Lakes
plural noun
- two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bitter Lakes1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
"We shall come to the larger of the Bitter Lakes in less than an hour," replied the captain.
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During geologic ages it shrunk until it all but disappeared, leaving only a few small and bitter lakes in unexpected pockets.
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There was a road leading to the wilderness near the Bitter Lakes.
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Magnesium salts are abundant in sea-water, and in the waters of evaporating enclosed coral lagoons and of many bitter lakes.
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As you know, he generally travels all night by the Bitter Lakes trail.
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