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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After passing the Bab el Mandeb strait, the road stretches along the seashore.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Bab el Mandeb.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 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
Mrs. Meir protested that Egyptian destroyers were blockading Bab el Mandeb, where the Red Sea meets the Indian Ocean, thereby preventing tankers from sailing on to Eilat to unload vital oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
On February 5 we finally put into the Gulf of Aden, a genuine funnel stuck into the neck of Bab el Mandeb and bottling these Indian waters in the Red Sea.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
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