EASTERN DESERT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea

Synonyms:

Arabian Desert; Eastern Desert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Eastern Desert" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)

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