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nouna city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
Definition that contains suez
- nasser Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1970)
- suez a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
- disraeli British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
- lesseps French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
- yom kippur war Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt
- benjamin disraeli British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
- gulf of suez a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- ferdinand de lesseps French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
- red sea a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
- first earl of beaconsfield British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)