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Tiran
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Ellipsis of Tiran Island: an island formerly of Egypt, since 2017 of Saudi Arabia, located between the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula and Arabian Peninsula.
Other meanings
2. proper noun
Ellipsis of Tiran Strait: a strait in the Red Sea, Asia, between this island and the Sinai.
3. proper noun
Ellipsis of Straits of Tiran: a straits in the Red Sea, Asia, between the Sinai Peninsula and Arabian Peninsula, containing this island, which separates the Gulf of Aqaba and the main body of the Red Sea.
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