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Suez

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Noun

1. suez

a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Suez

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noun
1. 
a port in NE Egypt, at the head of the Gulf of Suez at the S end of the Suez Canal: an ancient trading site and a major naval station under the Ottoman Empire; port of departure for pilgrims to Mecca; oil-refining centre. It suffered severely in the Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973. Pop: 513 000 (2005 est)
2.  Isthmus of Suez
3.  Gulf of Suez

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Suez

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1. 
seaport in NE Egypt, on the Suez Canal: pop. 392,000
2. 
Gulf ofN arm of the Red Sea: c. 180 mi (290 km) long
3. 
Isthmus ofstrip of land connecting Asia & Africa, between the Mediterranean & the Gulf of Suez: narrowest point, 72 mi (116 km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Suez

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A city of northeast Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It became a major port after the opening of the canal.
An arm of the Red Sea off northeast Egypt west of the Sinai Peninsula.
An isthmus of northeast Egypt connecting Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the north and the Gulf of Suez on the south.

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