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Sīnā', Shibh Jazīrat (peninsula) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountainous, wedge-shaped peninsula between Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea; today mostly in Egypt, with smaller section to the east held by Israel; most of population comprises nomadic Bedouin. |
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| Sīnā', Shibh Jazīrat (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Shibh Jazīrat Sīnā' (C,V,display,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Sinai (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Sinai Peninsula (C,O,English,U)
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| Sinaitic peninsula (C,O)
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| Shibh Gezîret Sînâ' (NA,V)
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| Sina (NA,V)
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| Sinaitic Peninsula (NA,V)
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| Sînâ', Shibh Gezîret (NA,V)
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| חצי האי סיני (C,U,Hebrew )
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