Suez Canal

Definition: Suez Canal

Suez Canal

Noun

1. A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.

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Crosswords: Suez Canal

References

• Suez Canal Bank: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Lessepsian migration : the influx of Red Sea biota into the Mediterranean by way of the Suez Canal (reference)

• The Pomp of Yesterday the Defence of India and the Suez Canal 1798-1918: 1919 1991 (reference)

• Suez Canal : effects of the reopening and development of the Suez Canal on seaborne trade and tonnage requirements, 1975-1981 (reference)

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At the edge of the desert off the North African coast, with local camel troops in the foreground, circa late 1923 or early 1924. During her maiden cruise at that time Concord steamed through the Mediterranean Sea and returned to the United States by way of the Suez Canal and the Cape of Good Hope. Credit: NAVY.

Transiting the Suez Canal, en route to the Persian Gulf to support Operation "Desert Shield", 8 August 1990. Photographed by PH3 Frank A. Marquart. Note ferry crossing, with waiting vehicles, in the center background. Credit: NAVY.

Photograph taken from the bridge of USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5) by Machinist's Mate May, during the First Torpedo Flotilla's transit of the Mediterranean Sea, en route to the Philippines by way of the Suez Canal, circa late 1903 or early 1904. The air was filled with red dust from the desert. USS Dale (Destroyer # 4) is in the foreground, with USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) in the left distance. Credit: NAVY.

Underway in the Suez Canal on 27 February 1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) battle group. Photographed by CWO2 A.A. Alleyne, USN. Credit: NAVY.

Sightseeing via camel at the Sphinx, in Egypt, while Ashville was en route to the Far East via the Suez Canal, July 1922. With him are two of the ship's officers, Lieutenant William B. Young, USN(SC) and Lieutenant Roy W. Hayworth, USN(MC). Credit: NAVY.

Egypt--the religious ceremonies preliminary to the inauguration of the Suez Canal, at Port Said ; Egypt--arrival at the station of El-Guishr, Suez Canal, of the steamship L'Aigle, with the Empress Eugenie. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Egyptian beef for the great ocean liners anchored in the Suez Canal, Port Said. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the Suez Canal. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Convention of October 29, 1888, regarding the establishment of a definite arrangement guaranteeing the free use of the Suez Canal. (reference)

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Economic History

Egypt

The Suez Canal is a major waterway of international commerce and navigation, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas. (references)

Israel

The following years were marked by continuing violence across the Suez Canal, punctuated by the 1969-70 war of attrition. (references)

Israel

In 1956, French, British, and Israeli forces engaged Egypt in response to its nationalization of the Suez Canal and blockade of the Straits of Tiran. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

Tourism, the Suez Canal, trade, and banking are the largest service sub-sectors. (references)

Egypt

Petroleum exports, Suez Canal revenues, and remittances from approximately 2 million citizens working abroad are the other principal sources of foreign currency. (references)

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Expression using "Suez Canal": Suez Canal clause. Additional references.

Japanese Kanji 

スエズ運河 (multistory parking garage, scarf, scarlet, scenic mountain road, scout, skirt, sky, sky blue, sky mate, sky restaurant, skydiver, skydiving, skyjack, Skylab, sky-laboratory, skylark, skylight, skyline, skyscraper, squash, student discount air ticket, sweat). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スエズう�"が. (various references)

Pig Latin

uezsay analcay

Russian 

Суэцкий канал. (various references)

Spanish

canal de suez. (various references)

Misspellings

"Suez Canal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seuz canal. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anlaces, canulae, canulas, censual, lacunae, lacunas, lacunes, launces, unlaces.

-3 letters: anlace, calesa, canals, canula, casual, caules, causal, clause, cleans, cuneal, lacuna, lacune, lances, lauans, launce, nausea, uncase, uncles, unlace, unseal, usance.

-4 letters: acnes, alane, alans, alecs, anlas, ansae, azans, canal, canes, cauls, cause, clans, clean, clues, elans, laces, lance, lanes, lauan, lazes, leans.

+3 letters: vulcanizates.

+5 letters: secularization.