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, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest point 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 (しかい, Shikai)
Korean: 사해(死海) (ko) (Sahae)
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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