Tiran
Americannoun
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Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
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an island in this strait, belonging to Saudi Arabia.
noun
Example Sentences
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But Public Security Minister Tiran Alles insisted that the searches will continue, saying the human rights body should identify specific instances of abuse.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
On May 22, Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, which Israel considered an act of war.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
On Tuesday morning, Tiran took advantage of that cultural fluidity to drive from his hometown in northern Israel, Daliyat al-Karmel, to the occupied West Bank.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
A container ship passes by a beach in the Aqaba Gulf in front of Tiran island which transferred into Saudi Arabia in 2017 off the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt July 12, 2018.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2022
The United States will remove peacekeepers from Tiran Island, where they have been stationed as part of the Multinational Force and Observers since shortly after the 1978 Camp David Accords.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
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