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PRONUNCIATION OF SYRTIS MINOR

Syrtis Minor  [ˈsɜːtɪs ˈmaɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYRTIS MINOR

noun
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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Syrtis Minor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SYRTIS MINOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syrtis Minor

Gulf of Gabès

The Gulf of Gabes, also Cabès, Cabes, Gaps, Arabic: خليج قابس‎ ḫalīǧ qābis, also known as Lesser Syrtis, contrasting with the Greater Syrtis in Libya, is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa. The gulf roughly spans the coast from Sfax to Djerba. At the head of the gulf is the city of Gabès where the tides have a large range of up to 2.1 m at spring tides. Both Gabès and Sfax are major ports on the gulf, supporting sponge and tuna fisheries, with Gabès being the economic and administrative center.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYRTIS MINOR


aligner
əˈlaɪnə
Carolina
ˌkærəˈlaɪnə
china
ˈtʃaɪnə
designer
dɪˈzaɪnə
diner
ˈdaɪnə
eyeliner
ˈaɪˌlaɪnə
Freightliner
ˈfreɪtˌlaɪnə
gold-miner
ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪnə
hemina
hɪˈmaɪnə
liner
ˈlaɪnə
mina
ˈmaɪnə
miner
ˈmaɪnə
minor
ˈmaɪnə
myna
ˈmaɪnə
mynah
ˈmaɪnə
Regina
rɪˈdʒaɪnə
salina
səˈlaɪnə
Steiner
ˈstaɪnə
underminer
ˌʌndəˈmaɪnə
vagina
vəˈdʒaɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYRTIS MINOR

Syr.
Syracuse
Syrah
syrette
Syria
Syriac
Syrian
syringa
syringe
syringeal
syringes
syringitis
syringomyelia
syringomyelic
syringotomy
syrinx
syrphid
syrtis
Syrtis Major

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYRTIS MINOR

Asia Minor
Canis Minor
distrainor
Friar Minor
Friars Minor
Kohinor
Leo Minor
mainor
melodic minor
pectoralis minor
relative minor
signed minor
spinor
Ursa Minor

Synonyms and antonyms of Syrtis Minor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

Syrtis小
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Syrtis Minor
570 millions of speakers

English

Syrtis Minor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Syrtis माइनर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Syrtis الصغرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сирт Малой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Syrtis Minor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিরাতস মাইনার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Syrtis Minor
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syrtis Minor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Syrtis Minor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シュルティスマイナー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Syrtis 마이너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syrtis Minor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Syrtis nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிரிட்டி மைனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिट्रिस मायनर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük Syrtis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Syrtis Minor
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Syrtis Minor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сирт Малої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Syrtis Minor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Syrtis Minor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Syrtis Geringe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Syrtis Minor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Syrtis Minor
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYRTIS MINOR»

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Systematic education, or, Elementary instruction in the ...
The Lotophagi, who ate the lotos, a sweet intoxicating food, lived on this coast; particularly at Meninx, an island on Syrtis Minor. Africa Propria (now Tunis) extended along the east coast, lying north of Syrtis Minor. Its capital was Carthago or ...
William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter, 1817
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Ancient Roman Geography, Including: Mile, Mount Circeo, ...
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Hephaestus Books, 2011
3
Neuro-Ophthalmology: The Practical Guide
Mahatanhur L S Djebel Tebaga TUN Mattingly 1994,66 Mecales Tripolitana Mattingly 1994, 26-28 Mouchthousioi/ R near Syrtis Minor Mattingly 1994, 27 Muctuniana Manus L Mousti Kome R Mizda? PtoL 43.11 Moutourgoures R near Syrtis ...
Leonard A. Levin, Anthony C. Arnold, 2011
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A sketch of antient geography
Not quite half-way between the Promontorium Hermaeum and Syrtis Minor was Hadrumetum, a very considerable city of that part of Africa Propria called Byzacium, or Emporiae, which comprised the fertile country adjacent to the Syrtis Minor, ...
Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.), Thomas Butler, 1855
5
Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War
Zielinski argues for Leptis Minor, which lies near Hadrumetum, on the ground that (1) Leptis Magna is as far from Syrtis Minor as from Syrtis Major and (2) Leptis Magna is not fertile. It is true that Leptis Magna is far from Syrtis Minor, if the ...
Howard Hayes Scullard
6
A Classical Dictionary: containing an account of the ...
Sva'rls, two gulfs on the northern coast of Africa, one called Syrtis Minor, on the coast of Byzacium, and now the Gulf of Cabes; the other called Syrtis Major, on the coast of Cyrena'ica, now the Gulf of Sidm. The former is supposed to derive its  ...
Charles ANTHON (LL.D.), 1841
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A Classical Dictionary: Containing ... Proper Names ...
Syrtis, two gulfs on the northern coast of Africa, one called Syrtis Minor, on the coast of Byzacium, and now the Gulf of Cabcs ; the other called Syrlis Major, on the coast of Cyrenaica, now the Gulf of Sidra. The former is supposed to derive its  ...
Charles Anthon, 1841
8
Sallust's Jugurthine war and Conspiracy of Catiline: with an ...
Now Wad-al-Thaine, a river of Africa Propria, in the district of Byzacium, falling into the sea to the north of Syrtis Minor. p. 61. Terracina. A city of Latium, called also Anxur, situate on the sea- coast, in a northeastern direction from the Circean  ...
Sallust, Charles Anthon, 1855
9
Ancient Geography
Mountains. — Mons Giglius and Mons Cirna. Capes. — Promontorium Ceph'aLjE , Promontorium Mer- curii, Promontorium Can'didum (Cape Blanco). Gulfs. — Syrtis Major and Syrtis Minor. Rivers. — Cin'yphus, Triton, Bag'rada. Productions.
Samuel Augustus Mitchell, 1860
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AN ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, Classical and Sacred.
Mountains. — Mons Giglitjs and M-ons Cirna. Capes. — Promontorium Ceph'al^, Promontorium Mer- curii, Promontorium Can'didum (Cape Blanco'). Gulfs. — Syrtis Major and Syrtis Minor. Eivers. — Cin'yphus, Triton, Bag'rada. Productions.
S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, 1860

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