Bab el Mandeb
See also: Bab-el-Mandeb and Bab el-Mandeb
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Arabic بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب (bāb al-mandab) 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.
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- a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden
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