red sea

1. 1.

   a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

   Broadersea

   Part ofIndian Ocean

   PartsGulf of AqabaGulf of Suez

Questions about red sea

What does red sea mean?

red sea means "a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal".

Is red sea a common word?

red sea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.