Aral Sea
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Kazakh арал (aral, “an island”), referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹəl siː/
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Proper noun
[edit]the Aral Sea
- A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.
Translations
[edit]Aral Sea
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