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Meaning of Aral Sea | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɑːɹəl siː

Definitions

A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.

Equivalents

العربية بَحْر آرَال
Čeština Aralské jezero
Deutsch Aralsee
Ελληνικά Αράλη
Español mar de Aral
Suomi Araljärvi
Français mer d'Aral
Հայերեն Արալյան ծով
Italiano Aral lago d'Aral
日本語 アラル海
Қазақ тілі Арал теңізі
한국어 아랄 해
Nederlands Aralmeer
Polski Jezioro Aralskie
Português Mar de Aral
Русский Аральское море
Українська Аральське море

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Araldite aralia Aralkum aralkyl aralosaurin Araluen

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