English word senses marked with place category "Straits"

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Total 82 word senses

• Anegada Passage (Proper name) A strait in the British Virgin Islands.
• Apolima Strait (Proper name) A strait that separates the Samoan islands of Savai'i and Upolu.
• Bab el Mandeb (Proper name) a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden
• Bashi Channel (Proper name) The strait, part of Luzon Strait, dividing Mavulis Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island/Lanyu of Taiwan and connecting the South China Sea/Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean.
• Bass Strait (Proper name) A strait between Australia and Tasmania.
• Bering Strait (Proper name) A strait between Chukotka, Russia and Alaska, United States, linking the Arctic Ocean to the Bering Sea.
• Black Ditch (Proper name) Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
• Bogue (Proper name) An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.
• Bosphorus (Proper name) The narrow strait beside Istanbul, Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean and Mediterranean.
• Canso (Proper name) Ellipsis of Strait of Canso.; A strait in Nova Scotia, Canada, between the mainland and Cape Breton Island
• Channel (Proper name) Ellipsis of English Channel: A strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Columbus Channel (Proper name) A strait in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Cook Strait (Proper name) A strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.
• Dardanelles (Proper name) The strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea to the west.
• Drake Passage (Proper name) The strait between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean.
• English Channel (Proper name) The arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the British Isles from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Euripus Strait (Proper name) A strait between Euboea and Boeotia in mainland Greece.
• Falkland Sound (Proper name) A southwest-northeast sea strait in the Falkland Islands, separating East and West Falkland.
• Formosa Strait (Proper name) Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
• Foveaux Strait (Proper name) A strait between the South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• Gibraltar (Proper name) A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar.
• Great Belt (Proper name) A strait in Denmark between the islands of Funen (Danish Fyn) and Zealand (Danish Sjælland).
• Hecate Strait (Proper name) A strait that runs between Haida Gwaii and mainland British Columbia.
• Hell Gate (Proper name) A strait in East River, New York City, New York State, United States; a the narrowest part of the East River, separating in Manhattan and Long Island
• Hormuz (Proper name) The strait that connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.
• Inside Passage (Proper name) The straits between the islands of the Insular Mountains and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada.
• Irbe Strait (Proper name) A strait between Saaremaa and Courland in Latvia, connecting the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga.
• Kattegat (Proper name) A body of water between Jutland and the Swedish mainland.
• Kerch Strait (Proper name) Synonym of Strait of Kerch
• Kill Van Kull (Proper name) A strait between Staten Island, New York and Bergen Neck, New Jersey in United States, part of the New York Bay
• Korea Strait (Proper name) A strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan.
• La Pérouse Strait (Proper name) A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.
• Little Belt (Proper name) A strait in Denmark, between Jutland (Danish Jylland) and Funen (Danish Fyn).
• Luzon Strait (Proper name) A strait between Taiwan and Luzon, connecting the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea.
• Matsu (Proper name) A strait between Beigan and Nangan in Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC).
• Menai Strait (Proper name) A strait separating Anglesey from mainland Wales.
• Minch (Proper name) A strait in Scotland, between the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides.
• Mona Passage (Proper name) A strait in Puerto Rico.
• Mozambique (Proper name) A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.
• Mozambique Channel (Proper name) A strait in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique
• Nares Strait (Proper name) A strait between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland, connecting the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
• North Channel (Proper name) The strait between Northern Ireland and southwestern Scotland, connecting the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
• Oresund (Proper name) A strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden.
• Port Orchard (Proper name) A strait in Washington, United States, which is a branch of Puget Sound.
• Robeson Channel (Proper name) A strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, connecting the Arctic Ocean and Hall Basin, part of the Nares Strait.
• Sakonnet River (Proper name) A strait in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States.
• Serpent's Mouth (Proper name) A strait in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Singapore Strait (Proper name) A strait between Singapore (north) and Indonesia's Riau Archipelago (south), connecting the Strait of Malacca (west) to the South China Sea (east).
• Sir Francis Drake Channel (Proper name) A strait in the British Virgin Islands.
• Skagerrak (Proper name) The marine passage between Norway and Denmark, formerly also including the passage between Sweden and Denmark, comprising the Kattegat.
• Solent (Proper name) A strait separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in in southern England.
• Sound (Proper name) Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.
• St George's Channel (Proper name) The channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
• Storstrømmen (Proper name) A strait between Zealand and Falster, Denmark.
• Strait of Bonifacio (Proper name) A strait between Corsica and Sardinia, connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea and and the western Mediterranean Sea.
• Strait of Dover (Proper name) A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)
• Strait of Georgia (Proper name) A strait that runs between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia.
• Strait of Gibraltar (Proper name) A strait between Spain and Morocco, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
• Strait of Hormuz (Proper name) A strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf.
• Strait of Juan de Fuca (Proper name) A strait that runs between the southern end of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
• Strait of Kerch (Proper name) A strait that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east.
• Strait of Magellan (Proper name) A navigable sea route between the southern coast of Chile and the northern coast of Tierra del Fuego.
• Strait of Malacca (Proper name) A strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
• Strait of Messina (Proper name) The narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.
• Strait of Otranto (Proper name) A strait between Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea.
• Strait of Sicily (Proper name) A strait between Sicily and Tunisia, part of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Straits of Tiran (Proper name) A straits in the Red Sea, Asia. The narrowed waters that exists between the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula and the nearest mainland of the Arabian Peninsula, which contains the Island of Tiran, that separates the Gulf of Aqaba from the main body of the Red Sea.
• Straits of Tiran (Proper name) Synonym of Tiran Strait A strait in the Red Sea, Asia. The westernmost strait of these straits, between Tiran and Sinai.
• Sunda Strait (Proper name) The strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
• Swale (Proper name) The Swale, a strait between the Isle of Sheppey and the Kentish mainland.
• Taiwan Strait (Proper name) The strait dividing mainland Asia (China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.
• Tañon Strait (Proper name) A strait separating the islands of Negros and Cebu and connecting the Visayan Sea to the Bohol Sea.
• Tiran (Proper name) Ellipsis of Tiran Strait. A strait in the Red Sea, Asia The strait between this island and the Sinai.
• Tiran (Proper name) Ellipsis of Straits of Tiran. A straits in the Red Sea, Asia The straits between the Sinai Peninsula and Arabian Peninsula, containing this island, which separates the Gulf of Aqaba and the main body of the Red Sea.
• Tiran Strait (Proper name) A strait in the Red Sea, Asia. The strait between Tiran and Sinai.
• Tiran Strait (Proper name) Synonym of Straits of Tiran A straits in the Red Sea, Asia. The narrowed waters between the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula, containing Tiran Island.
• Torres Strait (Proper name) A strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.
• Tsugaru Strait (Proper name) A strait between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean.
• Tsushima (Proper name) A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
• Woods Hole (Proper name) A strait in Massachusetts, located between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, and separating Cape Cod from the Elizabeth Islands.
• kyle (Noun) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
• Øresund (Proper name) Alternative form of Oresund, a strait between Denmark and Sweden.

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