Bir Tawil
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic بِير طَوِيل (bīr ṭawīl) or بِئْر طَوِيل (biʔr ṭawīl, literally “tall water well”).
Proper noun[edit]
Bir Tawil
- A region of Africa, along the border between Egypt and Sudan, currently considered as terra nullius. It is declared by Egypt to be Sudanese and Sudan to be Egyptian, and claimed by neither country.
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- Halaib Triangle (a region claimed by both Sudan and Egypt)
See also[edit]
terrae nullae