Aral Sea

English thumb|240px|Satellite images of the Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and in 2008 (right). Etymology From en kk арал an island, referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters. Pronunciation en /ˈɑːɹəl siː/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aral Sea.wav Southern England Proper noun Aral Sea 1 en A saline <<lake>>, straddling the <<c/Kazakhstan>>-<<c/Uzbekistan>> border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era. Translations Aral Sea Afrikaans: af Aralmeer Albanian: sq Deti Aral Arabic: ar بَحْر آرَال m Armenian: hy Արալյան ծով Azerbaijani: az Aral gölü Basque: eu Aral itsasoa Belarusian: be Ара́льскае мо́ра n Bengali: bn আরাল সাগর Breton: br Mor Aral m Bulgarian: bg Ара́лско мо́ре n Catalan: ca llac d'Aral m, ca mar d'Aral f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 鹹海 Xiánhǎi Chuvash: cv Арал тенӗсӗ Czech: cs Aralské jezero n Danish: da Aralsøen c Dutch: nl Aralmeer n Esperanto: eo Aralo, eo Arala maro, eo Arala lago, eo Aral-lago Estonian: et Araali meri Finnish: fi Araljärvi French: fr mer d'Aral f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Aralmar Galician: gl Mar de Aral m Georgian: ka არალის ზღვა German: de Aralsee m Greek: el Αράλη f Gujarati: gu અરાલ સમુદ્ર Hebrew: he ימת אראל f yámat áral Hindi: hi अरल सागर Hungarian: hu Aral-tó Icelandic: is Aralvatn f Indonesian: id Laut Aral Irish: ga Muir Aral m Italian: it Aral m, it lago d'Aral m Japanese: ja アラル海 Araru-kai Kazakh: kk Арал теңізі Korean: ko ^아랄 해 Kyrgyz: ky Арал деңизи Latin: la Lacus Oxianus m Latvian: lv Arāla jūra f Lithuanian: lt Aralo jūra f Macedonian: mk Аралско Езеро n Malay: ms Laut Aral Malayalam: ml അരാൽ കടൽ Marathi: mr अरल समुद्र Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Aralsjøen m Nynorsk: nn Aralsjøen m Persian: fa دریاچه خوارزم daryâče-ye xorazm Polish: pl Jezioro Aralskie n Portuguese: pt Mar de Aral m Punjabi: pa ਅਰਾਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Romanian: ro Marea Aral f Russian: ru Ара́льское мо́ре n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Аралско море n, sh Аралско језеро n Latin: sh Aralsko more n, sh Aralsko jezero n Slovak: sk Aralské jazero n Slovene: sl Aralsko jezero n Spanish: es mar de Aral m Swedish: sv Aralsjön c Tajik: tg Баҳри Арал Tamil: ta ஏரல் கடல் Thai: th ทะเลอารัล tá-lee aa-ral Turkish: tr Aral Gölü Ukrainian: uk Ара́льське мо́ре n Uyghur: ug ئارال دېڭىزى Uzbek: uz Orol Dengizi Vietnamese: vi biển Aral Welsh: cy Môr Aral m Further reading