Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA strait in Antarctica.
Similar
Belgica Strait
Origin
- Frenchdétroit de Gerlache
- Frenchdétroit de Gerlache
- EnglishGerlache Strait
From French Gerlache + English strait. Partial calque of French détroit de Gerlache. Named after Belgian naval officer Adrien de Gerlache.
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Arabic مضيق جيرلاش
- مضيق جيرلاشstrait in Antarctica
Chinese Mandarin 热尔拉什海峡
- 热尔拉什海峡strait in Antarctica
Dutch Gerlachestraat
- Gerlachestraatstrait in Antarctica
French détroit de Gerlache
- détroit de Gerlachestrait in Antarctica
German Gerlache-Straße
- Gerlache-Straßestrait in Antarctica
Hebrew מצר ז׳רלאש
- מצר ז׳רלאשstrait in Antarctica
Italian stretto di Gerlache
- stretto di Gerlachestrait in Antarctica
Latvian Žerlaša šaurums
- Žerlaša šaurumsstrait in Antarctica
Norwegian Bokmål Gerlachestredet
- Gerlachestredetstrait in Antarctica
Polish Cieśnina Gerlache’a
- Cieśnina Gerlache’astrait in Antarctica
Portuguese Estreito de Gerlache
- Estreito de Gerlachestrait in Antarctica
Spanish estrecho de Gerlache
- estrecho de Gerlachestrait in Antarctica
Turkish Gerlache Boğazı
- Gerlache Boğazıstrait in Antarctica
Cite this entry
APA
Gerlache Strait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerlache%20Strait
MLA
“Gerlache Strait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerlache%20Strait. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gerlache Strait,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gerlache%20Strait.
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