Aral Sea
/ˈɑːɹəl siː/
Aral Sea proper noun: a saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.
Proper noun
the Aral Sea
- A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.
Aral Sea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Aral Sea in Hindi
- Aral Sea
- अरल सागर aral sāgar
Aral Sea in Tamil
- Aral Sea
- ஏரல் கடல் ēral kaṭal
Aral Sea in Marathi
- Aral Sea
- अरल समुद्र aral samudra
Aral Sea in Bengali
- Aral Sea
- আরাল সাগর aral śagor
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- Aral Sea in Malayalam
- അരാൽ കടൽ arāl kaṭal
- Aral Sea in Punjabi
- ਅਰਾਲ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ arāl samundar
- Aral Sea in Gujarati
- અરાલ સમુદ્ર arāl samudra
- Aral Sea in Arabic
- بَحْر آرَال baḥr ʔārāl
- Aral Sea in Malay
- Laut Aral
- Aral Sea in Indonesian
- Laut Aral
- Aral Sea in Persian
- دریاچه خوارزم daryâče-ye xorazm
- Aral Sea in Thai
- ทะเลอารัล tá-lee aa-ral
- Aral Sea in Vietnamese
- biển Aral
Origin of Aral Sea
From Kazakh арал (aral, “an island”), referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters.
Questions about Aral Sea
- What does Aral Sea mean?
- Aral Sea means a saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.
- What is Aral Sea in Hindi?
- Aral Sea in Hindi is अरल सागर (aral sāgar). See Aral Sea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Aral Sea?
- Aral Sea is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Aral Sea?
- Aral Sea is pronounced /ˈɑːɹəl siː/.
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