Bab el Mandeb

See also: Bab-el-Mandeb and Bab el-Mandeb

English

Map of Bab-el-Mandeb

Alternative forms

Etymology

"Bab-el-Mandeb" means "Gateway (Bab) of anguish", or "Gateway of tears"; the strait derives its name from the dangers attending its navigation, or, according to an Arab legend, from the numbers who were drowned by the earthquake which separated Asia and Africa.

Proper noun

Bab el Mandeb

a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden

Synonyms

Mandab Strait

Translations

strait

Arabic: بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب‎ (bāb al-mandab)
Armenian: Բաբելմանդեբի նեղուց (Babelmandebi nełucʿ)
French: Bab-el-Mandeb

Persian: باب المندب‎ (bâb-al-mandab)
Russian: Баб-эль-Манде́бский проли́в (ru) (Bab-elʹ-Mandébskij prolív)

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