Aqaba
or A·ka·ba
[ ah-kuh-buh, ak-uh- ]
/ ˈɑ kə bə, ˈæk ə- /
noun
a seaport in SW Jordan, at the N end of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Gulf of,
an arm of the Red Sea, between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. 100 miles (160 km) long.
Example sentences from the Web for aqaba
The school, the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Aqaba, opened in September of this year to no publicity at all.
British Dictionary definitions for aqaba
Aqaba
Akaba
/ (ˈækəbə) /
noun
the only port in Jordan, in the southwest, on the Gulf of Aqaba . Pop: 80 790 (2004)