Bab el Mandeb

See also: Bab-el-Mandeb and Bab el-Mandeb

English

Map of Bab el Mandeb

Alternative forms

• Bab el-Mandeb
• Bab-el-Mandeb

Etymology

From Arabic بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب (bāb al-mandab), meaning "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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːb ɛl ˈmændɛb/, /ˈbɑːb ɛl ˈmɑndɛb/

Proper noun

Bab el Mandeb

1. a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden

Synonyms

• Mandab Strait

Translations

strait

• Afrikaans: Bab-el-Mandeb
• Albanian: Bab el Mandeb
• Arabic: بَاب اَلْمَنْدَب (bāb al-mandab)
• Armenian: Բաբելմանդեբի նեղուց (Babelmandebi neġucʻ)
• Azerbaijani: Babül-Məndəb boğazı
• Basque: Bab el-Mandeb
• Belarusian: Баб-эль-Мандэбскі праліў m (Bab-elʹ-Mandebski praliŭ)
• Bengali: বাব এল মান্দেব (babo el mandeb)
• Bulgarian: Бабелмандебски проток m (Babelmandebski protok), Баб ел Мандеб m (Bab el Mandeb)
• Catalan: Bab el-Mandeb m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曼德海峡 (zh) (màndéhǎixiá)

• Czech: Báb-al-Mandab m, Mandeb m
• Danish: Bab el-Mandeb c
• Dutch: Bab el Mandeb
• Esperanto: Bab al-Mandab
• Estonian: Bab el Mandeb
• Finnish: Bab el Mandeb
• French: Bab-el-Mandeb (fr) m
• Galician: Bab el-Mandeb m
• Georgian: ბაბ-ელ-მანდების სრუტე (bab-el-mandebis sruṭe)
• German: Bab al-Mandab (de) m
• Greek: Μπαμπ ελ Μαντέμπ (el) n (Bamp el Mantémp)
• Gujarati: બાબ અલ-મન્દેવ જળમરુમધ્ય (bāb ala-mandev jaḷmarumadhya)
• Hebrew: באב אל-מנדב m (bab el-mandeb)
• Hindi: बाब अल-मन्देब जलसन्धि (bāb al-mandeb jalsandhi), बाब अल-मन्देब (bāb al-mandeb)
• Hungarian: Báb el-Mandeb (hu)
• Icelandic: Bab-el-Mandeb n
• Indonesian: Bab-el-Mandeb
• Italian: Bab el-Mandeb m
• Japanese: バブ・エル・マンデブ海峡 (Babu eru Mandebu-kaikyō)
• Kannada: ಬಾಬ್ ಎಲ್ ಮಾನ್‌ಡೆಬ್ (bāb el mān‌ḍeb)
• Kazakh: Баб әл-Мандеб (Bab äl-Mandeb)
• Korean: 바브엘만데브 해협 (babeuelmandebeu haehyeop)
• Kyrgyz: Баб-эль-Мандеб кысыгы (Bab-el-Mandeb kısıgı)
• Latvian: Bābelmandebs m
• Lithuanian: Bab el Mandebas m
• Macedonian: Баб-ел-Mандеб m (Bab-el-Mandeb)
• Malay: Bab-el-Mandeb
• Malayalam: ബാബ്-എൽ-മൻഡേബ് (bāb-el-maṉḍēbŭ)
• Maltese: Bab el Mandeb m
• Marathi: बाब-अल-मांदेब (bāb-al-māndeb)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bab el-Mandeb

  Nynorsk: Bab el-Mandeb

• Odia: ବାବଲ୍ ମାଣ୍ଡବ୍ (or) (bābal māṇḍab), ବାବେଲ୍ ମାଣ୍ଡେବ୍ (or) (bābel māṇḍeb)
• Persian: باب المندب (bâb-al-mandab)
• Polish: Bab al-Mandab (pl) m
• Portuguese: Babelmândebe m
• Punjabi: ਬਬ ਅਲ ਮੰਦੇਬ ਪਣਜੋੜ (bab ala mandeb paṇjoṛ)
• Romanian: Strâmtoarea Bab el-Mandeb f
• Russian: Баб-эль-Манде́бский проли́в (ru) m (Bab-elʹ-Mandébskij prolív)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Баб ел Мандеб m

  Roman: Bab-el-Mandeb m

• Slovak: Báb el-Mandeb m
• Slovene: Bab-el-Mandeb m
• Spanish: Bab el-Mandeb m
• Swedish: Bab el-Mandeb c
• Tajik: Бобулмандаб (Bobulmandab)
• Tamil: பாபுல் மந்தபு (pāpul mantapu)
• Telugu: బాబ్-ఎల్-మండేబ్ (bāb-el-maṇḍēb)
• Thai: บาบุลมันดับ (baa-bul-man-dàp)
• Turkish: Babülmendep Boğazı
• Turkmen: Bab-el-Mandeb
• Ukrainian: Баб-ель-Манде́бська прото́ка f (Bab-elʹ-Mandébsʹka protóka)
• Urdu: آبنائے باب المندب m (ābnāe bāb al-mandab)
• Uzbek: Bob ul-Mandab boʻgʻozi
• Vietnamese: Bab-el-Mandeb