Red Sea

English + Governorate Etymology From en enm Red See, enm Reede See, enm Rede See, enm reade sea, from en ang Rēad Sǣ, a calque of en la Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of en grc Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα; equivalent to en red sea. Pronunciation en /ˌɹɛd ˈsiː/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Red Sea.wav Southern England Proper noun Red Sea 1 en Q23406en A long, narrow <<sea>> between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea. en governorate in eastern c/Egypt en US politics The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections. Usage notes One common simile is to part (something) like the Red Sea, referring to the Biblical tale of the Parting of the Red Sea. Derived terms en Red Sea bannerfish Translations sea between Africa and Arabia Afrikaans: af Rooisee Albanian: sq Deti i Kuq m Altai: Southern Altai: alt Кызыл теҥис Amharic: am ቀይ ባሕር Arabic: ar البَحْرُ الأَحْمَر m, ar بَحْرُ القُلْزُم m obsolete Armenian: hy Կարմիր ծով Asturian: ast mar Bermeya Azerbaijani: az Qırmızı dəniz Basque: eu Itsaso Gorria Belarusian: be Чырво́нае мо́ра n Bengali: bn লোহিত সাগর, bn লাল দরিয়া Breton: br Mor ruz Bulgarian: bg Черве́но море́ n Burmese: my ပင်လယ်နီ Catalan: ca mar Roja f, ca mar Roig m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 紅海 hung4 hoi2 Eastern Min: cdo 紅海 È̤ng-hāi Hakka: hak 紅海 Fùng-hói Hokkien: nan-hbl 紅海 Âng-hái Mandarin: cmn 紅海 Hónghǎi Chuvash: cv Хӗрлӗ тинӗс Coptic: cop ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲓ Corsican: co Mari Rossu m Czech: cs Rudé moře n Danish: da Røde Hav n Dhivehi: dv ރަތްކަނޑު Dutch: nl Rode Zee f Esperanto: eo Ruĝa Maro Estonian: et Punane meri Faroese: fo Reyðahavið Finnish: fi Punainenmeri French: fr mer Rouge f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Reade See Galician: gl Mar Vermello m Ge'ez: gez ባሕረ ቈልዝም Georgian: ka წითელი ზღვა German: de Rotes Meer n Greek: el Ερυθρά Θάλασσα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα f Gujarati: gu રાતો સમુદ્ર Hebrew: he יַם סוּף yam suf Hindi: hi लाल सागर m, hi लालसागर m, hi लालसमुद्र m Hungarian: hu Vörös-tenger Icelandic: is Rauðahaf Ido: io Reda maro Indonesian: id Laut Merah, id Laut Teberau Irish: ga Muir Rua f an Mhuir Rua Old Irish: sga Muir Robur n Italian: it Mar Rosso m Japanese: ja 紅海 こうかい, Kōkai Kankanaey: kne Baybay Ay Mandalangdang Kannada: kn ಕೆಂಪು ಕಡಲು Kashubian: csb Czerwióne Mòrze n Kazakh: kk Қызыл теңіз Khmer: km សមុទ្រក្រហម Korean: ko ^홍해(紅海) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb دەریای سوور Northern Kurdish: kmr Deryaya Sor Kyrgyz: ky Кызыл деңиз Lao: lo ທະເລແດງ Latin: la Mare Rubrum n Latvian: lv Sarkanā jūra f Lithuanian: lt Raudonoji jūra f Macedonian: mk Црвено Море n Malay: ms Laut Kulzum, ms Laut Merah Malayalam: ml ചെങ്കടൽ Maltese: mt Baħar l-Aħmar il-Baħar l-Aħmar Manx: gv Mooir Ruy f Yn Vooir Ruy Māori: mi Moana Whero Marathi: mr लाल समुद्र m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Улаан тэнгис Neapolitan: nap mar Ruosso m Nepali: ne रातो सागर Norman: nrf Rouoge Mé f La Rouoge Mé Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Rødehavet n Nynorsk: nn Raudehavet n Old English: ang Rēad Sǣ f Pashto: ps احمره بحير f ahmára bahirá, ps سور سمندر m sor samandár Persian: fa دریای سرخ daryâ-ye sorx Polish: pl Morze Czerwone n Portuguese: pt Mar Vermelho m, pt Mar Roxo archaic Punjabi: pa ਲਾਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Romanian: ro Marea Roșie f Russian: ru Кра́сное мо́ре n Scottish Gaelic: gd Am Muir Ruadh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Цр̀вено̄ мо̑ре n Latin: sh Cr̀venō mȏre n Sicilian: scn Mari Russu m Slovak: sk Červené more n Slovene: sl Rdéče mórje n Somali: so Baddacas Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Cerwjene mórjo Upper Sorbian: hsb Čerwjene morjo Spanish: es mar Rojo m Swahili: sw Bahari ya Shamu Swedish: sv Röda havet n Tagalog: tl Dagat Pula, tl Dagat na Pula Tajik: tg Баҳри Сурх Tamil: ta செங்கடல் Tatar: tt Кызыл диңгез Telugu: te ఎఱ్ఱ కడలి Thai: th ทะเลแดง Turkish: tr Kızıldeniz Turkmen: tk Gyzyl deňiz Ukrainian: uk Черво́не мо́ре n Urdu: ur بحیرہ احمر f bahīrā ahmar Uyghur: ug قىزىل دېڭىز Uzbek: uz Qizil dengiz Vietnamese: vi Biển Đỏ, vi Hồng Hải, vi Xích Hải Volapük: vo Redamel Welsh: cy Môr Coch m y Môr Coch Yiddish: yi ים סוף m yam sof Noun Red Sea A great quantity of blood. 1598(?), George Chapman, Hero & Leander, iii. 323: And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebd with Leander. en 1864 James Russell Lowell Fireside Travels 219 The ghost of a creed may be laid, after all, only in a Red Sea of blood. en 1994 Erlene Stetson; Linda David Glorying in Tribulation: The Life Work of Sojourner Truth MSU Press 9780870139086 1980 Titus argued that “the promised land” could now “by their own efforts, be obtained”: Slavery has been swallowed up in a Red Sea of blood, and the slave has emerged from the conflict of races transformed from a chattel to a man. en 2009 Leane Owens The Raven's War AuthorHouse 9781449053956 239 When her shoulder was free she screamed at the sharp sting of pain and collapsed to her knees where her own blood gathered in a warm puddle —a red sea of her pain and misery. Gravity increased and the ground, all though placid and still ... en 2015 The Tides of Time P. A. Williams 99 Sissoo feasted upon the flesh as the silky smooth red sea of blood trickled down his cheek as the lifeless body of Catherine Babyish lay amongst a red stained linen sheet drenched with her own blood as her scared dead eyes stared into the shadows above. en slang vulgar in particular (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation. en 2001 God, Sex And The Women Of The Bible Shoni Labowitz 62 Woman's menstrual blood, as symbolized in the "red carpet" or "red-sea of life," paved the way for the processions of queens, kings, brides and heroes. en 2006 A Cleaning Manual for Dirty Divas Laura Goodman 14 Hydrogen peroxide: Use 3% (the kind you use for cuts) on the stains you get on your sheets when you're flagging and your lover has parted your red sea. en 2015 The Rise and Fall of Paradise I. K. Fleming The wet dust found at the bottom of Lilith's lunar Red Sea is menstrual blood, simply, or, in the designation of the new theology, "filth." Lilith, in short, is an unsuitable wife for Adam because she menstruates. en 2016 Carrie Aarons Lost 9781533234216 After disposing of the ruined boxers, and checking to make sure my makeshift bed isn't covered in my Red Sea, I wad up several balls of toilet paper and coat the bottom of a new pair of boxers with them. It'll have to do for now. en 2021 Raynesha Pittman Carl Weber's Kingpins: West Coast Urban Books 9781645562061 "Ay, I'm throwing all this shit in a bag and taking it to the garbage. I don't know too much about the health of pussy, especially Asian wonton-soup pussy. I've swum in the Red Sea a few times to know blood clots the size of plums." en more generally A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine. en 1645 Francis Quarles The Shepheards Oracles: Delivered in Certain Eglogues vii, 83 Oyl-steep'd Anchovie, landed from his brine, Came freely swimming in red seas of wine. en 1821 1877 Walter Scott Kenilworth. The pirate 15 will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon's pupils from Oxford, to conjure [troublesome thoughts] away with logic and with Hebrew — Or, what say you to laying them in a glorious red sea of claret, my noble guest? Anagrams en adeers Reseda Sereda adrees erased reseda seared en Egypt Eritrea Israel Jordan Saudi Arabia Sudan Yemen en adjective-noun compound nouns