"Block Island Sound" meaning in English

See Block Island Sound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Block Island + sound Etymology templates: {{com|en|Block Island|sound}} Block Island + sound Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Block Island Sound}} Block Island Sound
  1. A strait in the Atlantic Ocean separating Block Island from the coast of mainland Rhode Island in the United States. Categories (place): Places in Rhode Island, USA Translations (Translations): بلاک آیلند سَوند (Persian)
    Sense id: en-Block_Island_Sound-en-name-eFj7JpL5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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