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A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and can flow
The Strait of Hormuz (/hɔːrˈmuːz/) is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, music producer, and rancher. Strait has sold tens
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Turkey which is straddled by the city of Istanbul
and the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands. The terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, First Nations of Australia, First
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 900 kilometres (560 mi) long and from 65 to 250 km (40 to 155 mi) wide, between the Malay Peninsula
The Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland
The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates
An international strait is a narrow natural waterway connecting two parts of the high seas or exclusive economic zones, used for international navigation
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German
German : nickname for a swift runner or a timorous person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German hase ‘hare’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Hase ‘hare’.English : from a Middle English nickname, Hase, from Old English hÄs ‘harsh, raucous, or hoarse voice’.Japanese : usually written with characters meaning ‘long valley’; habitational name from a place in Yamato (now Nara prefecture). Listed in the Shinsen shÅjiroku. Some bearers are descended from the Taira clan; they are found mainly in eastern Japan. Also pronounced Nagaya and Nagatani; the original pronunciation was Hatsuse, meaning ‘beginning of the strait’.
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Arabic, Muslim
One who Releases Another from Straitened Circumstances; An Epithet of Allah
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American, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican
Narrow; Channel; Strait; Near the Chapel; A Place-name Referring to the Narrows; A Wood; A Church; Fair and Handsome; Crowned with Laurel; Victory; Slender
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Biblical
Root, that straitens or binds, that keeps tight.
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English
English : variant of Straight.
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English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, for example a grain factor, from Middle English pekke ‘peck’ (an old measure of dry goods equivalent to eight quarts or a quarter of a bushel).English : variant of Peak 1.Irish : variant of Peak 2.South German : variant of Beck.North German and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who prepared or sold pitch, from Middle Low German pek, Middle Dutch pec, pic.Dutch : from Middle Dutch pec, pick ‘desperate straits’, hence a nickname for a person in difficult circumstances or perhaps for someone with a gloomy disposition.
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Swedish and Danish
Swedish and Danish : from sund ‘strait’, ‘sound’, probably an arbitrarily adopted or ornamental surname, but possibly a topographic name adopted by someone who lived near the shore by a strait.Norwegian : habitational name from any of twenty-five or more farmsteads, mainly in Nordland, so named from Old Norse sund ‘strait’, ‘sound’.English : nickname for a healthy or prosperous man, from Middle English sund, sound ‘sound’, ‘healthy’.English : topographic name from Middle English sund, sound ‘water’, ‘strait’, ‘sound’.
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Tamil
The Sun, Lord of light
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Hindu, Indian
Embellishment
Biblical
Heleb, Heled, the world; rustiness
Male
English
Pet form of English John, JOHNNY means "God is gracious."
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Tamil
Deer, Funny, Cheerful
Female
Scottish
 Scottish name ILKA means "of the same class." Compare with another form of Ilka.
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Arabic, Muslim
Mystery
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Hindu
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American, British, English, Latin
From the Place of Laurel Trees
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Latin
Life.
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pl.
of Strait
n.
The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.
a.
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
v. t.
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Straiten
imp. & p. p.
of Straiten
v. i.
To pass over a strait or narrow sea.
adv.
Narrowly; strictly; straitly.
v. t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
v. t.
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
a., n., & adv.
See 2nd Strait.
v. t.
See Straiten.
adv.
In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
n.
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
a.
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
v. t.
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
superl.
Difficult; distressful; straited.
n.
Same as Strait-jacket.
v. t.
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
n.
A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan.