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strait

strait
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • narrow
    "strait is the gate"
    strait
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

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      strait
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
        • a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

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        Voorbeeldzinnen

        1. At this point the sea narrows into a strait.
        2. This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
        3. The Bering Strait separates Asia from North America.
        4. The Torres Strait divides New Guinea from Australia.
        5. Thursday Island is situated in the Torres Strait between Australia's northernmost Cape York and New Guinea.
        6. The rail-line was carried under the Tsugaru Strait to Hokkaido.
        7. The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.
        8. Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/Menai Strait and Conwy Bay
        9. Rail/road bridge over the Strait of Messina-Palermo (2015)
        10. A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Torres Strait, Australia.
        11. Richards, G. C. and Hall, L. S. 2002. A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Torres Strait, Australia.
        12. The waters of the Azov Sea north of a line running along the southern entrance of the Kerch Strait, commencing from Takil Point at 45o06′N and 36o27′E on the Kerch peninsula, and running across the strait to Panagija Point at 45o08′N and 36o38′E on the Taman peninsula.
        13. on the Mediterranean (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) or on the Black Sea and where the goods arrive via the Atlantic Ocean or the Suez Canal, the Commission shall reduce the import duty by EUR 3 per tonne;
        14. The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 30° 00′ east to 72° 00′ north; then due west to 26° 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Norway; then in an easterly direction along the coasts of Norway and Russia to Khaborova; then across the western entry of the Strait of Yugorskiy Shar; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the coast of Vaigach Island; then across the western entry of the Strait off the Karskiye Vorota; then west and north along the coast of the south island of Novaya Zemlya; then across the western entry of the Strait of Matochkin Shar; then along the west coast of the north island of Novaya Zemlya to a point at 68° 30′ east; then due north to the geographic North Pole.
        15. The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 30o00′ east to 72o00′ north; then due west to 26o00′ east; then due south to the coast of Norway; then in an easterly direction along the coasts of Norway and Russia to Khaborova; then across the western entry of the Strait of Yugorskiy Shar; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the coast of Vaigach Island; then across the western entry of the Strait off the Karskiye Vorota; then west and north along the coast of the south island of Novaya Zemlya; then across the western entry of the Strait of Matochkin Shar; then along the west coast of the north island of Novaya Zemlya to a point at 68o30′ east; then due north to the geographic North Pole.