Dead Sea
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Etymology edit
Calque of Latin Mare Mortuus, under influence from Byzantine Greek Νεκρά Θάλασσα (Nekrá Thálassa, “Nekrá Thálassa”) and Arabic اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).
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- A lake in the Middle East in Israel, Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.
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lake in the Middle East
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