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Cook Strait

Cook Strait proper noun: a strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.

Proper noun

Cook Strait

  1. A strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.

Origin of Cook Strait

Named after James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770.

Questions about Cook Strait

What does Cook Strait mean?
Cook Strait means a strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is Cook Strait?
Cook Strait is a proper noun.

Words near Cook Strait in the dictionary

  1. cook pot
  2. cook pots
  3. Cook reduction
  4. Cook reductions
  5. cook someone's goose
  6. Cook Strait
  7. cook tent
  8. cook tents
  9. cook the books
  10. cook through
  11. cook up

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