Dead Sea

English

The Dead Sea.

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Dead Sea

A lake in the Middle East in Israel, 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

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)
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
Norman: Mé Morte f
Norwegian: Dødehavet
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

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