Aqaba

[ ah-kuh-buh, ak-uh- ]

noun

a seaport in southwestern Jordan, at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Gulf of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea, between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. 100 miles (160 km) long.

Origin of Aqaba

First recorded in 1905–10; from Arabic; shortening of al-ʿaqabat Aylah “the mountain pass of Aylah”

Also A·ka·ba .

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How to use Aqaba in a sentence

Sheikh Seil had gone forward to announce us from Ghiuda, and he came to meet us on his pony down both akabas—a fearful journey.
Southern Arabia | Theodore Bent

British Dictionary definitions for Aqaba

Aqaba

Akaba

/ (ˈækəbə) /

noun

the only port in Jordan, in the southwest, on the Gulf of Aqaba . Pop: 80 790 (2004)

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