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Rubrum mare

Tabula bathymetrica rubri maris.
Despectus in Rubrum mare e Scharm El-Scheich

Rubrum mare[1] (Arabice البحر الأحمر Al Baḥr al aḥmar ; Hebraice ים סוף Yam Soof et הים האדום HaYam HaAdom ; confer nomen Graecum ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα), vel sinus Arabicus,[2][3] est aestuarium salsum Oceani Indici, quod inter Africam et Asiam, vel accuratius paeninsulam Arabicam, patet. In parte maris boreali duo sinus, Heroopolites et Aelaniticus, paeninsulam Sinaiticam alluunt.

  1. Liv. 45.9.6; Plin. Nat. 5.65; 6.106; 7.97; Curt. Alex.4.7.18; 5.1.15
  2. "Arabicus sinus" et "Rubrum mare" in Gulielmus Smith (1854). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Londinii: Walton & Maberly.
  3. "Sinus Arabicus": Tuomo Pekkanen & Reijo Pitkäranta, Lexicon hodiernae Latinitatis Finno-Latino-Finnicum. Societas Litterarum Finnicarum, Helsinki, 2006

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