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Hormuz Strait

Hormuz Strait is the alternative form of Strait of Hormuz.

Meaning of Strait of Hormuz

Proper noun

the Strait of Hormuz

  1. A strait connecting the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf.
    • using air-to-air refueling, Iraq had attacked as far as the Strait of Hormuz.1999, Marvin Pokrant, Desert Storm at Sea, What the Navy Really Did, page 44

Questions about Hormuz Strait

What is Hormuz Strait the alternative form of?
Hormuz Strait is the alternative form of Strait of Hormuz.

Words near Hormuz Strait in the dictionary

  1. Hormoz
  2. Hormozgan
  3. hormurid
  4. hormurids
  5. Hormuz
  6. Hormuz Strait
  7. horn
  8. Horn African
  9. Horn Africans
  10. horn angle
  11. horn angles

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