أمير البحر

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Noun[edit]

أمير البحر • (ʔamīr al-baḥr)

  1. admiral

Usage notes[edit]

Frequently but erroneously glossed as the origin of the Medieval Latin titles that gave rise to English admiral and its many cognates.

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • David Abulafia (2012), The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, pp. 321–322.
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