Strait of Hormuz

English thumb Alternative forms en Straits of Hormuz Hormuz Strait Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Strait of Hormuz.wav Southern England Proper noun strait of Hormuz 1 A strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf. en 1999 Desert Storm at Sea, What the Navy Really Did Marvin Pokrant 44 using air-to-air refueling, Iraq had attacked as far as the Strait of Hormuz. w:Richard Florida Could This Be the End of Dubai? 2026-03-16 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/opinion/dubai-hormuz-war-iran-elite.html Its success has even spawned a term, “Dubaification” — the spread of the same malls and towers, restaurants, airport lounges and luxury brands that make places feel secure and, despite its proximity to Iran and the now blockaded Strait of Hormuz, out of harm’s way. https://web.archive.org/web/20260327022446/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/opinion/dubai-hormuz-war-iran-elite.html 27 March 2026 Eleni Giokos The Strait of Hormuz is about more than just oil. It feeds 100 million people https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/business/strait-of-hormuz-food-supply-intl 2026-03-20 Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people. https://web.archive.org/web/20260323040733/https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/business/strait-of-hormuz-food-supply-intl Translations strait Afrikaans: af Straat van Hormoes Albanian: sq Ngushtica e Hormuzit f Arabic: ar مَضِيق هُرْمُز Armenian: hy Հորմուզի նեղուց Azerbaijani: az Hörmüz boğazı Belarusian: be Армузскі праліў m Bengali: bn হরমুজ প্রণালী Bulgarian: bg Ормузки проток m Catalan: ca estret d'Ormuz m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 霍爾木茲海峽 Mandarin: cmn 霍爾木茲海峽 Mainland China, cmn 荷莫茲海峽 Taiwan Czech: cs Hormuzský průliv m Danish: da Hormuzstrædet n Dutch: nl Straat van Hormuz f Estonian: et Hormuzi väin Finnish: fi Hormuzinsalmi French: fr détroit d'Ormuz m Galician: gl Estreito de Ormuz m Georgian: ka ჰორმუზის სრუტე German: de Straße von Hormus f Greek: el Στενά του Ορμούζ n-p Hindi: hi होरमुज़ जलसन्धि, hi होरमुज़ जलडमरूमध्य, hi होरमुज़ की जलसंयोगी Hungarian: hu Hormuzi-szoros Indonesian: id Selat Hormuz Irish: ga Caolas Hormuz m Italian: it stretto di Hormuz m Japanese: ja ホルムズ海峡 Horumuzu Kaikyō Kazakh: kk Ормуз бұғазы Korean: ko 호르무즈 해협(海峽) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Tengava Hurmiz Macedonian: mk Ормуски Проток m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Hormuz-stredet n, nb Hormuzstredet n Nynorsk: nn Hormuz-sundet n Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ормуски морйоуз m Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira تَنْگِهٔ هُرْمُز Polish: pl Ormuz m Portuguese: pt estreito de Hormuz m Romanian: ro Strâmtoarea Ormuz f Russian: ru Орму́зский проли́в m Slovak: sk Hormuzský prieliv m Spanish: es estrecho de Ormuz m, es estrecho de Hormuz m Swahili: sw Mlango-Bahari wa Hormuz Swedish: sv Hormuzsundet n Tajik: tg гулӯгоҳи Ҳурмуз Thai: th ช่องแคบฮอร์มุซ Turkish: tr Hürmüz Boğazı Ukrainian: uk Ормузька протока f Urdu: ur آبنائے ہرمز ābnāe hurmuz Uzbek: uz Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻozi Cyrillic: uz Ҳўрмуз бўғози Vietnamese: vi eo biển Hoóc-mút Further reading en Straits