Torres Strait

English

Etymology

Named after Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒɹɪs ˈstɹeɪt/

Proper noun

Torres Strait

1. A strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.

Derived terms

• Torres Strait Creole
• Torres Strait Islands
• Torres Strait pigeon

Translations

a strait between Australia and New Guinea

• Afrikaans: Torres-straat
• Arabic: مَضِيق تُوْرِيس m (maḍīq tuwrīs)
• Armenian: Տոռեսի նեղուց (Toṙesi neġucʻ)
• Azerbaijani: Torres boğazı
• Basque: Torres itsasartea
• Belarusian: Праліў Торэса m (Praliŭ Tóresa)
• Bengali: টরেস প্রণালী (ṭores pronali)
• Breton: Strizh-mor Torres m
• Bulgarian: Торесов проток m (Toresov protok)
• Catalan: estret de Torres m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托雷斯海峽 / 托雷斯海峡 (zh) (Tuōléisī hǎixiá)

• Czech: Torresův průliv m
• Danish: Torresstrædet n
• Dutch: Straat Torres (nl) f
• Esperanto: Toresa Markolo
• Estonian: Torrese väin
• Finnish: Torresinsalmi
• French: détroit de Torrès (fr) m
• Galician: Estreito de Torres m
• Georgian: ტორესის სრუტე (ṭoresis sruṭe)
• German: Torres-Straße f
• Greek: Πορθμός Τόρες m (Porthmós Tóres)
• Hebrew: מצר טורס m (metsár tóres)
• Hindi: टोरेस जलसन्धि (ṭores jalsandhi)
• Hungarian: Torres-szoros
• Icelandic: Torressund n
• Indonesian: Selat Torres
• Italian: stretto di Torres m
• Japanese: トレス海峡 (Toresu-kaikyō)
• Kazakh: Торрес бұғазы (Torres būğazy)
• Korean: 토러스 해협 (Toreoseu haehyeop)
• Kyrgyz: Торрес кысыгы (Torres kısıgı)
• Latvian: Torresa šaurums m
• Lithuanian: Toreso sąsiauris m
• Macedonian: Торесов Проток m (Toresov Protok)
• Malay: Selat Torres
• Malayalam: ടോറസ് കടലിടുക്ക് (ṭōṟasŭ kaṭaliṭukkŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Torresstredet n

  Nynorsk: Torressundet n

• Persian: تنگه تورس (tange-ye tôres)
• Polish: Cieśnina Torresa f
• Portuguese: Estreito de Torres m
• Romanian: Strâmtoarea Torres f
• Russian: То́рресов проли́в m (Tórresov prolív), проли́в То́рреса m (prolív Tórresa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Торесов мореуз m, Торесов пролаз m

  Roman: Toresov moreuz m, Toresov prolaz m

• Slovak: Torresov prieliv m
• Slovene: Torresov preliv m
• Spanish: estrecho de Torres m
• Swedish: Torres sund n
• Tamil: டொரெஸ் நீரிணை (ṭores nīriṇai)
• Thai: ช่องแคบทอร์เรส (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp tɔɔ-rêes)
• Turkish: Torres Boğazı
• Ukrainian: Торресова протока f (Torresova protoka)
• Vietnamese: Eo biến Torres
• Welsh: Culfor Torres m
• West Frisian: Strjitte fan Torres