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Irbe Strait

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  • proper noun A strait between Saaremaa and Courland in Latvia, connecting the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga.

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Examples

  • Kihnu during World War II, almost one third of the island's population (then 378 people) fled to the west from the advancing Soviet army, reaching the nearest Swedish island of Gotland on their boats through the Irbe Strait.

    The St. Petersburg Times By Sergey Chernov 2010

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Irben Strait
  2. Strait of Irbe
  3. Strait of Irben

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