bight

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الإنجليزية - التركية
(Coğrafya) küçük körfez
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koy
{i} körfez

Helgoland Alman körfezinde bulunmaktadır. - Heligoland is located in the German Bight.

kroz
{i} roda
eğim
great australian bight
büyük Avustralya roda
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow

I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river. (Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes).

An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
A curve in a rope
a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line
{n} one round of a rope or cable
a slight bend or curve in a coast. Benin Bight of Biafra Bight of Great Australian Bight
fasten with a bight
Loop of rope or cable; any part of a rope within the ends
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horses knee; the bight of an elbow
1 The middle part of a line not including the bitter end; 2 A loop in a rope or a bend in the shoreline
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) a loop in a rope fasten with a bight
A slight indentation in a coast forming an open bay, usually crescent shaped
loop or double part of a rope; also, any part of a rope within the ends
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
a loop in a rope
The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is ormed; a slack part or loop in a rope; shallow bay or bend in a coast forming an open bay
Any part of a rope between its ends; also a curve, a cove on a coastline, or in a channel
Any part of a rope with the exception of the end; usually refers to a loop in a rope
A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin
the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
{i} loop in a rope; middle part of a rope; curve or recess in the shore of a sea or river
A bend or loop in a rope
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop
Bight of Benin
Bay, northern section of Gulf of Guinea. It extends along the West African coast about 400 mi (640 km) from Cape St. Paul, Ghana, past Togo and Benin to an outlet of the Niger River in Nigeria. Major ports include Lomé, Cotonou, and Lagos. It was the scene of extensive slave trading during the 16th-19th century, and the region of coastal lagoons west of the Niger delta became known as the Slave Coast. By the 1830s trade in palm oil had become the major economic activity. Petroleum was discovered in the Niger delta in the 1950s
Bight of Biafra
Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, West Africa. The innermost bay of the Gulf of Guinea, it is bounded by Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, and receives portions of the Niger and Ogooué rivers. It includes several islands, including Bioko. Its ports include Malabo, Calabar, and Douala. In the 16th-19th century the bay was the scene of extensive slave dealing. By the 1830s palm-oil trading had surpassed slave trading. Today petroleum is a major economic resource
bight of benin
a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
Great Australian Bight
A wide bay of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Australia. Much of the coastline consists of high cliffs extending inland to form the Nullarbor Plain. Bay of the Indian Ocean, southern Australian coast. Its generally accepted boundaries are from Cape Pasley, Western Australia, to Cape Carnot, South Australia a distance of 720 mi (1,160 km). The head of the bight abuts on the arid Nullarbor Plain and is bounded by cliffs 200-400 ft (60-120 m) high. Near Eucla on the bight's shores is the Nuytsland Reserve. Lying in the track of the winter western winds, the bight has a reputation for storms and rough seas
bights
plural of bight
great australian bight
a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms
bight
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