Torres Strait

English

Etymology

Named after Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɒɹɪs ˈstɹeɪt/

Proper noun

Torres Strait

A strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.

Derived terms

Translations

a strait between Australia and New Guinea

Afrikaans: Torres-straat
Arabic: مَضِيق تُوْرِيس m (maḍīq tuwrīs)
Armenian: Տոռեսի նեղուց (Toṙesi neġucʿ)
Azerbaijani: Torres boğazı
Basque: Torres itsasartea
Belarusian: Праліў Торэса m (Praliŭ Tóresa)
Bengali: টরেস প্রণালী (ṭores pronali)
Breton: Strizh-mor Torres m
Bulgarian: Торесов проток m (Toresov protok)
Catalan: estret de Torres m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 托雷斯海峽／托雷斯海峡 (zh) (Tuōléisī hǎixiá)
Czech: Torresův průliv m
Danish: Torresstrædet n
Dutch: Straat Torres (nl) f
Esperanto: Toresa Markolo
Estonian: Torrese väin
Finnish: Torresinsalmi
French: détroit de Torrès (fr) m
Galician: Estreito de Torres m
Georgian: ტორესის სრუტე (ṭoresis sruṭe)
German: Torres-Straße f
Greek: Πορθμός Τόρες m (Porthmós Tóres)
Hebrew: מצר טורס m (metsár tóres)
Hindi: टोरेस जलसन्धि (ṭores jalsandhi)
Hungarian: Torres-szoros
Icelandic: Torressund n
Indonesian: Selat Torres
Italian: stretto di Torres m
Japanese: トレス海峡 (Toresu-kaikyō)
Kazakh: Торрес бұғазы (Torres būğazy)
Korean: 토러스 해협 (Toreoseu haehyeop)
Kyrgyz: Торрес кысыгы (Torres kısıgı)
Latvian: Torresa šaurums m
Lithuanian: Toreso sąsiauris m
Macedonian: Торесов Проток m (Toresov Protok)
Malay: Selat Torres
Malayalam: ടോറസ് കടലിടുക്ക് (ṭōṟasŭ kaṭaliṭukkŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Torresstredet n

Nynorsk: Torressundet n
Persian: تنگه تورس (tange-ye tôres)
Polish: Cieśnina Torresa f
Portuguese: Estreito de Torres m
Romanian: Strâmtoarea Torres f
Russian: То́рресов проли́в m (Tórresov prolív), проли́в То́рреса m (prolív Tórresa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Торесов мореуз m, Торесов пролаз m

Roman: Toresov moreuz m, Toresov prolaz m
Slovak: Torresov prieliv m
Slovene: Torresov preliv m
Spanish: estrecho de Torres m
Swedish: Torres sund n
Tamil: டொரெஸ் நீரிணை (ṭores nīriṇai)
Thai: ช่องแคบทอร์เรส (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp tɔɔ-rêes)
Turkish: Torres Boğazı
Ukrainian: Торресова протока f (Torresova protoka)
Vietnamese: Eo biến Torres
Welsh: Culfor Torres m
West Frisian: Strjitte fan Torres

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