"Strait of Hormuz" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Strait of Hormuz.wav [Southern-England] Forms: the Strait of Hormuz [canonical], Straits of Hormuz [alternative], Hormuz Strait [alternative]
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  1. A strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf. Translations (strait): Straat van Hormoes (Afrikaans), Ngushtica e Hormuzit [feminine] (Albanian), مَضِيق هُرْمُز (maḍīq hurmuz) (Arabic), Հորմուզի նեղուց (Hormuzi neġucʻ) (Armenian), Hörmüz boğazı (Azerbaijani), Армузскі праліў (Armuzski praliw) [masculine] (Belarusian), হরমুজ প্রণালী (horomuj pronali) (Bengali), Ормузки проток (Ormuzki protok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estret d'Ormuz [masculine] (Catalan), 霍爾木茲海峽 /霍尔木兹海峡 (fok³ ji⁵ muk⁶ zi¹ hoi² haap⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 霍爾木茲海峽 /霍尔木兹海峡 (Huò'ěrmùzīhǎixiá) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 荷莫茲海峽 /荷莫兹海峡 (Hémòzīhǎixiá) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), Hormuzský průliv [masculine] (Czech), Hormuzstrædet [neuter] (Danish), Straat van Hormuz [feminine] (Dutch), Hormuzi väin (Estonian), Hormuzinsalmi (Finnish), détroit d'Ormuz [masculine] (French), Estreito de Ormuz [masculine] (Galician), ჰორმუზის სრუტე (hormuzis sruṭe) (Georgian), Straße von Hormus [feminine] (German), Στενά του Ορμούζ (Stená tou Ormoúz) [neuter, plural] (Greek), होरमुज़ जलसन्धि (hormuz jalsandhi) (Hindi), होरमुज़ जलडमरूमध्य (hormuz jalḍamrūmadhya) (Hindi), होरमुज़ की जलसंयोगी (hormuz kī jalsãyogī) (Hindi), Hormuzi-szoros (Hungarian), Selat Hormuz (Indonesian), تَنْگِهٔ هُرْمُز (tange-ye hormoz) (Iranian Persian), Caolas Hormuz [masculine] (Irish), stretto di Hormuz [masculine] (Italian), ホルムズ海峡 (Horumuzu Kaikyō) (Japanese), Ормуз бұғазы (Ormuwz buğazı) (Kazakh), 호르무즈 해협 (horeumujeu haehyeop) (alt: 海峽) (Korean), Ормуски Проток (Ormuski Protok) [masculine] (Macedonian), Tengava Hurmiz (Northern Kurdish), Hormuz-stredet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Hormuzstredet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Hormuz-sundet [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Ормуски морйоуз (Ormuski morjouz) [masculine] (Pannonian Rusyn), Ormuz [masculine] (Polish), estreito de Hormuz [masculine] (Portuguese), Strâmtoarea Ormuz [feminine] (Romanian), Орму́зский проли́в (Ormúzskij prolív) [masculine] (Russian), Hormuzský prieliv [masculine] (Slovak), estrecho de Ormuz [masculine] (Spanish), estrecho de Hormuz [masculine] (Spanish), Mlango-Bahari wa Hormuz (Swahili), Hormuzsundet [neuter] (Swedish), гулӯгоҳи Ҳурмуз (gulügoh-i Hurmuz) (Tajik), ช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ (Thai), Hürmüz Boğazı (Turkish), Ормузька протока (Ormuzʹka protoka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), آبنائے ہرمز (ābnāe hurmuz) (Urdu), Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻozi (Uzbek), Ҳўрмуз бўғози (Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻozi) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), eo biển Hoóc-mút (Vietnamese)
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estrecho de Hormuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "Mlango-Bahari wa Hormuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "strait",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hormuzsundet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "gulügoh-i Hurmuz",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "гулӯгоҳи Ҳурмуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "ช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "Hürmüz Boğazı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Ormuzʹka protoka",
      "sense": "strait",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ормузька протока"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "ābnāe hurmuz",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "آبنائے ہرمز"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻozi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "roman": "Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻozi",
      "sense": "strait",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Ҳўрмуз бўғози"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "strait",
      "word": "eo biển Hoóc-mút"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Strait of Hormuz"
}

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