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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αὐαλίτης (Aualítēs), also attested as Ἀβαλίτης (Abalítēs), an ancient market town in modern Somaliland, and sinus (“gulf”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abalitēs sinus m sg (genitive Abalitēs sinūs); fourth declension
- The Gulf of Aden.
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a fourth-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- Abalites sinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 3.
- Ernest Rhys, editor (1909), Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography, London: J. M. Dent & Co.