Bab el Mandeb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bab el Mandeb
First recorded in 1790–95; from Arabic: literally, “Gate of Tears”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After passing the Bab el Mandeb strait, the road stretches along the seashore.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018
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
On the other side of the Bab el Mandeb straits, the Soviets are ardently courting Southern Yemen.
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 Walter, F. P.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
