Dead Sea

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The Dead Sea.

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mare Mortuus, under influence from Byzantine Greek Νεκρά Θάλασσα (Nekrá Thálassa) and Arabic اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).

Proper noun

the Dead Sea

2. 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

• Salt Sea, Sea of Sodom, Lake Asphaltites

Derived terms

• Dead Sea apple
• Dead Sea effect
• with all the salt in the Dead Sea

Translations

lake in the Middle East

Arabic: الْبَحْر الْمَيِّت m (al-baḥr al-mayyit) Aragonese: Mar Muerto m Armenian: Մեռյալ ծով (Meṙyal cov) Asturian: Mar Muertu m Belarusian: Мё́ртвае мо́ра n (Mjórtvaje móra) Bulgarian: Мъ́ртво море n (Mǎ́rtvo more) Catalan: Mar Morta f Chinese: Mandarin: 死海 (zh) (Sǐhǎi) Czech: Mrtvé moře (cs) n Danish: Døde Hav n Dutch: Dode Zee f Esperanto: Morta Maro (eo), Malviva Maro (eo) Estonian: Surnumeri Finnish: Kuollutmeri (fi) French: mer Morte (fr) f Galician: Mar Morto m Georgian: მკვდარი ზღვა (mḳvdari zɣva) German: Totes Meer (de) n Greek: Νεκρά θάλασσα f (Nekrá thálassa) Hawaiian: Kai Make Hebrew: ים המלח (he) m (Yam HaMélakh) Hindi: मृत सागर (mŕt sāgar) Hungarian: Holt-tenger (hu) Icelandic: Dauðahaf Indonesian: Laut Mati Irish: an Mhuir Mharbh f Italian: mar Morto m Japanese: 死海 (ja) (しかい, Shikai) Korean: 사해(死海) (ko) (Sahae) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Mirî (ku) f Latvian: Nāves jūra Lithuanian: Negyvoji jūra Luxembourgish: Doudegt Mier Macedonian: Мртво Море n (Mrtvo More) Malay: Laut Mati Maltese: il-Baħar il-Mejjet m Manx: Yn Vooir Varroo f Maori: Te Moana Mate, Te Moana Tote Marathi: मृत समुद्र m (mŕt samudra), मृत सागर m (mŕt sāgar) Norman: Mé Morte f Norwegian: Bokmål: Dødehavet Nynorsk: Daudehavet Persian: دریای مرده Polish: Morze Martwe (pl) n Portuguese: Mar Morto m Romanian: Marea Moartă f Russian: Мёртвое мо́ре n (Mjórtvoje móre) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мртво море n Roman: Mrtvo more (sh) n Slovak: Mŕtve more n Slovene: Mŕtvo mórje (sl) n Spanish: mar Muerto m Swedish: Döda havet (sv) n Tagalog: Dagat Patay, Dagat na Patay Telugu: మృత సముద్రం (te) (mr̥ta samudraṁ) Thai: เดดซี (déet-sii) Turkish: Lut Gölü (tr) Ukrainian: Ме́ртве мо́ре n (Mértve móre) Uyghur: ئۆلۈك دېڭىز (ölük dë'ngiz), لۇت كۆلى (lut köli) Vietnamese: Biển Chết Welsh: Môr Marw m