Palk Strait

American

[pawk, pawlk] / pɔk, pɔlk /

noun

a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.

Palk Strait British

/ pɔːlk, pɔːk /

noun

a channel between SE India and N Ceylon. Width: about 64 km (40 miles)

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India considers Sri Lanka, just across the narrow Palk Strait off India’s southeastern coast, to be in it sphere of influence, while the island nation in the middle of a key sea route connecting the east and west, also is important to China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” global infrastructure initiative.

From Seattle Times

Sri Lanka, a teardrop-shaped island separated from India by the Palk Strait, has 22 million people.

From Seattle Times

Soon after the Easter attacks, India deployed naval and coast guard ships along the narrow Palk Strait.

From Seattle Times

Soon after the Easter attacks, India deployed naval and coast guard ships along the narrow Palk Strait.

From Washington Times

But the possibility of China's presence in an area separated from Indian territory by only the narrow Palk Strait upset India.

From Fox News

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