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Bab-el-Mandeb
The Bab-el-Mandeb, alternatively Bab el Mandab, Bab al Mandab, or Bab al Mandeb meaning "Gate of Tears" in Arabic (باب المندب), is the strait separating the continents of Asia (Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula) and Africa (Djibouti, north of Somalia on the Horn of Africa), and connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Aden). It is sometimes called the Mandab Strait in English.
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