Bab el Mandeb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bab el Mandeb
First recorded in 1790–95; from Arabic: literally, “Gate of Tears”
Example Sentences
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An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Bab el Mandeb.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
The Mason was sailing in Bab el Mandeb, a strait at the southern end of the Red Sea, when it was fired upon around 6 p.m.,
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2016
But since their ancestors would have required similar craft to cross Bab el Mandeb, no technological improvement would have been required for them to do so.
From Economist ● Jan. 17, 2013
Among them are the myriad passages through Indonesia and the Philippines, the Strait of Gibraltar, Bab el Mandeb at the entrance to the Red Sea and even the English Channel.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If it were known that the Emir's English prisoners had escaped," he said, "the fiends up yonder would be making more noise than the surf that breaks on the rocks at Bab el Mandeb."
From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by William Murray Graydon
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