Definition of Gulf of Akaba

1. Noun. A northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia.

Exact synonyms: Gulf Of Aqaba
Generic synonyms: Gulf
Group relationships: Red Sea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Akaba

Gujjar
Gujjars
Gujranwala
Guldberg
Guldberg-Waage law
Guldborgsund
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Coast
Gulf States
Gulf Stream
Gulf War
Gulf War illness
Gulf War syndrome
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aegina
Gulf of Akaba (current term)
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Antalya
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of California
Gulf of Carpenteria
Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Ob
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga

Literary usage of Gulf of Akaba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"57 in the Red Sea itself, 7 in the Gulf of Suez, and 39 in the Gulf of Akaba ; and has thus provided sufficient material for the construction of the ..."

2. Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with Their History by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1905)
"It is between those two gulfs, the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of 'Akaba, that the Peninsula of Sinai lies. ^e two From them it derives its contact with the ..."

3. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot by William James Lloyd Wharton, John Phillips, Great Britain Hydrographic Office (1900)
"From the gulf of Akaba to the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, a distance of 1000 miles, the Arabian mountains are conspicuous throughout, presenting peaked summits ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... from Rafa to Ras Mahommed (the most southern point of the Sinai peninsula), which would have left the whole of the gulf of Akaba in Turkish territory. ..."

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