Menai Strait

[ men-ahy ]

/ ˈmɛn aɪ /

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noun

a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.

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How to use Menai Strait in a sentence

About $10 billion was earmarked to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait, with its unpredictable currents during spring floods.
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All were led by William Barents, he of the famous strait, who sought to find a shorter trade route from Europe to China.
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And if the Strait of Hormuz were to be blocked by Iran or any other country or entity, oil prices would skyrocket.
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“Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it,” or so says Matthew 7.
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If a conflict with Iran escalated beyond airstrikes to a naval struggle in the Strait of Hormuz, more resources would be diverted.
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The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me room to dwell in.
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Departure on the fourth voyage, accompanied by a merchant-ship bound through Torres Strait.
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Directions for the passage within the reefs through Torres Strait.
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And the brave explorer sailed safely through the dangerous strait now named for him.
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On the south-side of Clarence Strait the land is low, like the coast to the eastward.
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British Dictionary definitions for Menai Strait

Menai Strait

/ (ˈmɛnaɪ) /

noun

a channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of NW Wales: famous suspension bridge (1819–26) designed by Thomas Telford and tubular bridge (1846–50) by Robert Stephenson. Length: 24 km (15 miles). Width: up to 3 km (2 miles)

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