Dead Sea
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Latin Mare Mortuus, under influence from Byzantine Greek Νεκρά Θάλασσα (Nekrá Thálassa, “Nekrá Thálassa”) and Arabic اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).
Proper noun
edit- A lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editlake in the Middle East
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