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Dead Sea in British English
noun
a lake between Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank, now 430.5 m (1412 ft) below sea level; originally 390 m (1285 ft): the lowest lake in the world, with no outlet and very high salinity; outline, esp at the southern end, reduced considerably in recent years. Area: originally about 950 sq km (365 sq miles); by 2016 about 605 sq km (234sq miles)
Dead Sea in American English
inland body of salt water on the Israeli-Jordanian border: c. 390 sq mi (1,010 sq km); surface, c. 1,349 ft (411 m) below sea level (the lowest known point on earth)
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Dead Sea
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- the Dead Sea
死海
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