Eilat
noun
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
Elath
-
a variation of
Eilat.
Example Sentences
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Sinai is a vast empty space, valuable chiefly for the oil wells south of Suez, as a buffer against Egypt and an air route to the 14 tourist hotels at Elath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some ships bearing goods to Israel have already sailed for Elath.
From Time Magazine Archive
This week a new, 16-in. pipeline across the Negev desert will connect Elath with Israel's big refinery at Haifa.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Our survival depends on the quality of our brains," says President Eliahu Elath, a noted Orientalist and former Israeli Ambassador to Washington and Lon don.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judah, however, was overrun; the city of Elath was captured and restored to Edom, while the Philistines were liberated from the control of Jerusalem.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
