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Suez
[soo-ez, soo-ez]
noun
a seaport in NE Egypt, near the S end of the Suez Canal.
Gulf of, a NW arm of the Red Sea, W of the Sinai Peninsula.
Isthmus of, an isthmus in NE Egypt, joining Africa and Asia. 72 miles (116 km) wide.
Suez
/ ˈːɪ /
noun
a port in NE Egypt, at the head of the Gulf of Suez at the S end of the Suez Canal: an ancient trading site and a major naval station under the Ottoman Empire; port of departure for pilgrims to Mecca; oil-refining centre. It suffered severely in the Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973. Pop: 513 000 (2005 est)
a strip of land in NE Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: links Africa and Asia and is crossed by the Suez Canal
the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
Example Sentences
It is located at a strategically important pinch point leading on to the Red Sea and Suez Canal - one of the world's most important shipping routes.
The Boikiy was later joined by two oil tankers which had made their way from India through the Suez Canal and across the Mediterranean - the Sierra and the Naxos.
The British only finally pulled out of the Gulf in 1971 as part of its decision to abandon colonial commitments east of Suez.
He pointed to the example of the Ever Given container ship, which was hit by a gust of wind in the Suez Canal in 2021 and got wedged sideways between the canal banks.
And if Greece went, the United States feared that Turkey could be next, giving Moscow control of the Eastern Mediterranean including, potentially, the Suez Canal, a vital global trade route.
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