Tiran

[ti-rahn]

noun

Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

an island in this strait, belonging to Saudi Arabia.

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Historical Examples of tiran

This feat is shown by the details to be only a variation of the story in Tiran le Blanc.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5)
Various
Tiran, natives on the north of Borneo, reported (on doubtful authority) to be pirates and cannibals.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido
Henry Keppel

British Dictionary definitions for tiran

Tiran

noun

Strait of Tiran a strait between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Length: 16 km (10 miles). Width: 8 km (5 miles)

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