Bab el Mandeb

[ bahb el mahn-deb ]

/ ˌbɑb ɛl ˈmɑn dɛb /

noun

a strait between NE Africa and the SW tip of the Arabian peninsula, connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. 20 miles (32 km) wide.

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Examples from the Web for bab el mandeb

(a) It is “a phonetic corruption, perhaps a softening of the original word”; as Bab-el-mandel is a corruption of Bab-el-mandeb.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5|Various
The affair with the Bab-el-Mandeb squadron lasted only about two hours and a-half.
Freeland|Theodor Hertzka
It lies in the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, and has proved the destruction of more than one fine vessel.
In the grip of the Mullah|F. S. Brereton
Gate of Tears, the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, so called from the shipwrecks frequent in it.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for bab el mandeb

Bab el Mandeb

/ (ˈbæb ɛl ˈmændɛb) /

noun

a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa, connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden

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