Arafura Sea

English Etymology en. Some theories of its origin have been presented, such as it deriving from Portuguese pt Alfours free men, but it is more likely that it is named for the Harrafora, the indigenous name for the "people of the mountains" in the Moluccas. First recorded use dates to at least 1663.https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232510007/view Pronunciation en Proper noun Arafura Sea 1 A sea lying directly north of Arnhem Land and south of West Papua. Translations sea between Arnhem Land and West Papua Afrikaans: af Arafurasee Albanian: sq Deti Arafura Arabic: ar بَحْر آرَافُورَا m Armenian: hy Արաֆուրյան ծով Azerbaijani: az Arafur dənizi Basque: eu Arafura itsasoa Belarusian: be Арафу́рскае мора n Bengali: bn আরাফুরা সাগর Breton: br Mor Arafura m Bulgarian: bg Арафурско море n Catalan: ca mar d'Arafura f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿拉弗拉海 ālāfúlāhǎi Czech: cs Arafurské moře n Danish: da Arafurahavet n Dutch: nl Arafurazee f Esperanto: eo Arafura maro Estonian: et Arafura meri Finnish: fi Arafuranmeri French: fr mer d’Arafura f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Arafuerasee Galician: gl Mar de Arafura m Georgian: ka არაფურის ზღვა German: de Arafurasee f Greek: el Θάλασσα της Αραφούρα f Hebrew: he ים אראפורה m yam arafúra Hindi: hi आराफ़ूरा सागर Hungarian: hu Arafura-tenger Icelandic: is Arafurahaf n Indonesian: id Laut Arafura Italian: it mare degli Arafura f Japanese: ja アラフラ海 Arafura-kai Kazakh: kk Арафур теңізі Korean: ko 아라푸라해 Kyrgyz: ky Арафура деңизи Latvian: lv Arafuru jūra f Lithuanian: lt Arafuros jūra f Macedonian: mk Арафурско Море n Malay: ms Laut Arafura Malayalam: ml അറഫുര കടൽ Marathi: mr अराफुरा समुद्र Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Arafurasjøen m Nynorsk: nn Arafurahavet n Persian: fa دریای آرافورا daryâ-ye ârâfurâ Polish: pl Morze Arafura n Portuguese: pt Mar de Arafura m Punjabi: pa ਅਰਾਫ਼ੁਰਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Romanian: ro Marea Arafura f Russian: ru Арафу́рское мо́ре n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Арафурско море n Latin: sh Arafursko more n Slovak: sk Arafurské more n Slovene: sl Arafursko morje n Spanish: es mar de Arafura m Swedish: sv Arafurasjön c Tamil: ta அரஃபூரா கடல் Telugu: te అరాఫురా సముద్రం Thai: th ทะเลอาราฟูรา tá-lee aa-raa-fuu-raa Turkish: tr Arafura Denizi Ukrainian: uk Арафу́рське мо́ре n Uzbek: uz Arafura dengizi Vietnamese: vi biển Arafura References en Seas