Socotra

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sōkōʹtru̇[1]

Proper noun

Socotra

  2. An island of Yemen, between the Guardafui Channel to the west, Gulf of Aden to the northwest, the Somali Sea to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the east.

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Translations

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Socotra, Sokotra, or Soqotra”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1789, column 1

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Sokotra (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːˈkoː.traː/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Socotra f

  1. Socotra (an island of Yemen, between the Guardafui Channel to the west, Gulf of Aden to the northwest, the Somali Sea to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the east)
  2. The eponymous archipelago.

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