Arafura Sea

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Some theories of its origin have been presented, such as it deriving from Portuguese Alfours (“free men”), but it is more likely that it is named for the Harrafora, the indigenous name for the "people of the mountains" in the Moluccas. First recorded use dates to at least 1663.

Proper noun

the Arafura Sea

1. A sea lying directly north of Arnhem Land and south of West Papua.

Translations

sea between Arnhem Land and West Papua

• Afrikaans: Arafurasee
• Albanian: Deti Arafura
• Arabic: بَحْر آرَافُورَا m (baḥr ʔārāfūrā)
• Armenian: Արաֆուրյան ծով (hy) (Arafuryan cov)
• Azerbaijani: Arafur dənizi
• Basque: Arafura itsasoa
• Belarusian: Арафу́рскае мора n (Arafúrskaje móra)
• Bengali: আরাফুরা সাগর (araphura śagor)
• Breton: Mor Arafura m
• Bulgarian: Арафурско море n (Arafursko more)
• Catalan: mar d'Arafura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉弗拉海 (zh) (ālāfúlāhǎi)

• Czech: Arafurské moře n
• Danish: Arafurahavet n
• Dutch: Arafurazee (nl) f
• Esperanto: Arafura maro
• Estonian: Arafura meri
• Finnish: Arafuranmeri
• French: mer d’Arafura f
• Galician: Mar de Arafura m
• Georgian: არაფურის ზღვა (arapuris zɣva)
• German: Arafurasee f
• Greek: Θάλασσα της Αραφούρα f (Thálassa tis Arafoúra)
• Hebrew: ים אראפורה m (yam arafúra)
• Hindi: आराफ़ूरा सागर (ārāfūrā sāgar)
• Hungarian: Arafura-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Arafurahaf n
• Indonesian: Laut Arafura
• Italian: mare degli Arafura f
• Japanese: アラフラ海 (Arafura-kai)
• Kazakh: Арафур теңізі (Arafur teñızı)
• Korean: 아라푸라해 (arapurahae)
• Kyrgyz: Арафура деңизи (Arafura deŋizi)
• Latvian: Arafuru jūra f
• Lithuanian: Arafuros jūra f
• Macedonian: Арафурско Море n (Arafursko More)
• Malay: Laut Arafura
• Malayalam: അറഫുര കടൽ (aṟaphura kaṭal)
• Marathi: अराफुरा समुद्र (arāphurā samudra)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Arafurasjøen m

  Nynorsk: Arafurahavet n

• Persian: دریای آرافورا (daryâ-ye ârâfurâ)
• Polish: Morze Arafura n
• Portuguese: Mar de Arafura m
• Punjabi: ਅਰਾਫ਼ੁਰਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (arāfurā samundar)
• Romanian: Marea Arafura f
• Russian: Арафу́рское мо́ре n (Arafúrskoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Арафурско море n

  Roman: Arafursko more n

• Slovak: Arafurské more n
• Slovene: Arafursko morje n
• Spanish: mar de Arafura m
• Swedish: Arafurasjön c
• Tamil: அரஃபூரா கடல் (arafūrā kaṭal)
• Telugu: అరాఫురా సముద్రం (arāphurā samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลอาราฟูรา (tá-lee aa-raa-fuu-raa)
• Turkish: Arafura Denizi
• Ukrainian: Арафу́рське мо́ре n (Arafúrsʹke móre)
• Uzbek: Arafura dengizi
• Vietnamese: biển Arafura
• West Frisian: Arafuerasee