Dead Sea

English

The Dead Sea.

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mare Mortuus, under influence from Byzantine Greek Νεκρά Θάλασσα (Nekrá Thálassa, “Nekrá Thálassa”) and Arabic اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).

Proper noun

the Dead Sea

2. A lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.

Synonyms

• Salt Sea, Sea of Sodom, Lake Asphaltites

Derived terms

• Dead Sea apple
• Dead Sea effect
• with all the salt in the Dead Sea

Translations

lake in the Middle East

• Arabic: الْبَحْر الْمَيِّت m (al-baḥr al-mayyit)
• Aragonese: Mar Muerto m
• Armenian: Մեռյալ ծով (Meṙyal cov)
• Asturian: Mar Muertu m
• Belarusian: Мё́ртвае мо́ра n (Mjórtvaje móra)
• Bulgarian: Мъ́ртво море n (Mǎ́rtvo more)
• Catalan: Mar Morta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死海 (zh) (Sǐhǎi)

• Czech: Mrtvé moře (cs) n
• Danish: Døde Hav n
• Dutch: Dode Zee f
• Esperanto: Morta Maro (eo), Malviva Maro (eo)
• Estonian: Surnumeri
• Finnish: Kuollutmeri (fi)
• French: mer Morte (fr) f
• Galician: Mar Morto m
• Georgian: მკვდარი ზღვა (mḳvdari zɣva)
• German: Totes Meer (de) n
• Greek: Νεκρά θάλασσα f (Nekrá thálassa)
• Hawaiian: Kai Make
• Hebrew: ים המלח (he) m (Yam HaMélakh)
• Hindi: मृत सागर (mŕt sāgar)
• Hungarian: Holt-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Dauðahaf
• Indonesian: Laut Mati
• Irish: an Mhuir Mharbh f
• Italian: mar Morto m
• Japanese: 死海 (ja) (しかい, Shikai)
• Korean: 사해(死海) (ko) (Sahae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Mirî (ku) f

• Latvian: Nāves jūra
• Lithuanian: Negyvoji jūra
• Luxembourgish: Doudegt Mier
• Macedonian: Мртво Море n (Mrtvo More)
• Malay: Laut Mati
• Maltese: il-Baħar il-Mejjet m
• Manx: Yn Vooir Varroo f
• Maori: Te Moana Mate, Te Moana Tote
• Norman: Mé Morte f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dødehavet

  Nynorsk: Daudehavet

• Persian: دریای مرده
• Polish: Morze Martwe (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar Morto m
• Romanian: Marea Moartă f
• Russian: Мёртвое мо́ре n (Mjórtvoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мртво море n

  Roman: Mrtvo more (sh) n

• Slovak: Mŕtve more n
• Slovene: Mŕtvo mórje (sl) n
• Spanish: mar Muerto m
• Swedish: Döda havet (sv) n
• Tagalog: Dagat Patay, Dagat na Patay
• Telugu: మృత సముద్రం (te) (mr̥ta samudraṁ)
• Thai: เดดซี (déet-sii)
• Turkish: Lut Gölü (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ме́ртве мо́ре n (Mértve móre)
• Uyghur: ئۆلۈك دېڭىز (ölük dë'ngiz), لۇت كۆلى (lut köli)
• Vietnamese: Biển Chết
• Welsh: Môr Marw m