Bab el Mandeb
Meaning
Proper Noun
- a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden
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Origin
- "Bab-el-Mandeb" 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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