Red Sea

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.

Noun

• A great quantity of blood.
• (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation.
• A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine.

Origin

• From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα; equivalent to red + sea.