Suez Canal

American  

noun

1. a canal in NE Egypt, cutting across the Isthmus of Suez and connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 107 miles (172 km) long.

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Suez Canal British  

noun

1. a sea-level canal in NE Egypt, crossing the Isthmus of Suez and linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea: built (1854–69) by de Lesseps with French and Egyptian capital; nationalized in 1956 by the Egyptians. Length: 163 km (101 miles)

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Suez Canal Cultural  

1. A canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, completed in 1869 and long controlled by Great Britain. The opera Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi was written to honor the opening of the canal. (See Suez Canal crisis.)

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Suez Canal

A container ship in the Suez Canal ran aground and blocked the waterway for six days, delaying the delivery of billions of dollars of goods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Jebel Ali used to be a gateway to the upper Gulf, a gateway to the east coast of Africa and a gateway through the Suez Canal to Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

About 5% of the global oil supply also normally leaves the Red Sea through the north, via the Suez Canal and a pipeline across Egypt to the Mediterranean.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The group claims it has control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, though it says maritime navigation is "safe for all companies except for Saudi vessels".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

So they want to examine our beautiful Suez Canal, which opened ten years ago.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman