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WHAT DOES SUEZ CANAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Suez Canal

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction, it allows ships to travel between Europe and eastern Asia without navigating around Africa. The northern terminus is Port Said; the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq at the city of Suez. Ismailia is on its west bank, 3 km from the half-way point. When built, the canal was 164 km long and 8 m deep. After several enlargements, it is 193.30 km long, 24 m deep and 205 metres wide. It consists of the northern access channel of 22 km, the canal itself of 162.25 km and the southern access channel of 9 km. The canal is single lane with passing places in the "Ballah By-Pass" and the Great Bitter Lake. It contains no locks; seawater flows freely through it. In general, the canal north of the Bitter Lakes flows north in winter and south in summer. The current south of the lakes changes with the tide at Suez. The canal is owned and maintained by the Suez Canal Authority of Egypt.

Definition of Suez Canal in the English dictionary

The definition of Suez Canal in the dictionary is a sea-level canal in NE Egypt, crossing the Isthmus of Suez and linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea: built by de Lesseps with French and Egyptian capital; nationalized in 1956 by the Egyptians. Length: 163 km.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Suez Canal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Suez Canal» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

苏伊士运河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Suez Canal
570 millions of speakers

English

Suez Canal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वेज नहर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

قناة السويس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Суэцкий канал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Canal de Suez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুয়েজ খাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Canal de Suez
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terusan Suez
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Suez-Kanal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スエズ運河
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수에즈 운하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terusan Suez
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kênh đào Suez
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூயஸ் கால்வாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुएज कालवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Süveyş Kanalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Canale di Suez
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kanał Sueski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Суецький канал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Canalul Suez
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Διώρυγα του Σουέζ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Suez Canal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Suezkanalen
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Suezkanalen
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUEZ CANAL»

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The Suez Crisis
Traces the course of events after Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in July 1956.
Derek Varble, 2009
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History of the Suez Canal: A Personal Narrative
The story of the planning and construction of the Suez Canal, in the words of its developer and principal advocate.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, 2011
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The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its ...
The making of the Suez Canal is beyond doubt destined to contribute more than anything else to the stability of the Ottoman Empire, and to give the lie to those who proclaim its decline and approaching ruin by proving that it is possessed of ...
Ferdinand Marie Lesseps, 2011
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Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal
Parting the Desert is both a transporting narrative and a meditation on the origins of the modern Middle East. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Zachary Karabell, 2009
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Suez Canal
TRADE AND TROUBLES By helping to finance the Suez Canal, Egyptian rulers Mohammed Said and Ismail Pasha brought financial ruin to their country. When construction on the canal began, Egypt was debt-free. By 1875, the country owed  ...
Valerie Bodden, 2006
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The Suez Canal
Chronicles the building of the Suez Canal from antiquity's attempts to the canal's completion and consequences; and profiles the world leaders, architects, and slave laborers and workforces involved in the project.
Gail B. Stewart, 2001
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Archives of Empire: Volume I. From The East India Company to ...
DIVA collection of original writings and documents from British colonialism in the Middle East./div ""Archives of Empire "offers a valuable and original intervention in contemporary studies of imperialism, providing a rich array of source ...
Mia Carter, Barbara Harlow, 2003
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Reassessing Suez 1956: New Perspectives on the Crisis and ...
Steve Morewood Most accounts of the Suez crisis commence with merely a tangential reference to Britain's long-standing military occupation of Egypt and associated dominance over the Suez Canal, but fail to comprehend that this historical ...
Simon C. Smith, 2008
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Britain and Suez: The Lion's Last Roar
The Suez War in 1956 marked the end of the British Empire, with the government of Anthony Eden forced into a ceasefire as it tried to seize the Suez Canal and overthrow the Egyptian government.
Scott Lucas, 1996
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
The suez canal—a narrow waterway a hundred miles long, dug through the Egyptian desert to link the Red Sea to the Mediterranean—was one of the grandest achievements of the nineteenth century. It was the handiwork of Ferdinand de ...
Daniel Yergin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUEZ CANAL»

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Egypt ready to open 'New Suez Canal'
Egypt says it is set to open a new 72-km section of the Suez Canal. Touted as a “national project,” it will nearly double the speed of traffic in the canal – and is ... «RT, Jul 15»
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Egypt holds trial run on second Suez Canal
The first cargo ships have passed through Egypt's second Suez Canal, amid tight security, ahead of the new waterway's official opening next month. «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Egypt arrests 13 in plot to bomb Suez Canal; drafts anti-terrorism bill …
The USS John F. Kennedy approaches the Japan-Egypt Friendship Bridge during transit of the Suez Canal. Photo courtesy of US NAVY/ Bill Vonseggern/UPI. «UPI.com, Jul 15»
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Egypt prepares to open new Suez Canal to run alongside the …
Egypt's new Suez Canal is expected to open in early August in a project president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a potent symbol of national pride and to boost the ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
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Optimism in Egypt as plans for Suez Canal Zone are unveiled
CAIRO // Egyptians and analysts have reacted positively to a $50 billion development project centred around a military-led excavation of the Suez Canal that ... «The National, Mar 15»
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Egyptians race to expand Suez Canal, hoping for trade surge
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — Bulldozers push earth and dredgers spit mud round the clock at Egypt's Suez Canal in a race to quickly expand the strategic waterway ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
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Egypt says Suez Canal project on track, tolls unchanged
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — Transit tolls at Egypt's Suez Canal will stay largely at their current prices this year, the authority said Wednesday, as development of a ... «Yahoo News, Feb 15»
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UK delegation first foreign group to sail on new Suez Canal
CAIRO: A delegation of more than 40 British businesses accompanied by British Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood sailed on the new Suez Canal ... «The Cairo Post, Jan 15»
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Egypt signs with six international firms to dredge new Suez Canal
Lieutenant General Mohab Memish, head of the Suez Canal Authority, announced the ... Egypt hopes the new canal will more than double revenues from the ... «Reuters UK, Oct 14»
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Two Container Ships Collide in Suez Canal
Two container ships collided near the northern mouth of the Suez Canal, causing delays to traffic traveling through one of the world's busiest trade routes, ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»

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