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Definition of 'Aqaba'

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Aqaba in British

or Akaba (ˈækəbə )
noun
the only port in Jordan, in the southwest, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Pop: 80 790 (2004)
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Aqaba in American

(ˈɑkəˌbɑ ; äˈkəbäˌ)
Gulf ofarm of the Red Sea between the Sinai Peninsula and NW Saudi Arabia
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Nearby words of 'Aqaba'

  • apyretic
  • apyrexia
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  • Aqaba
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Definition of Aqaba from the Collins English Dictionary

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