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* synonymous with channel, passage, or pass | * synonymous with channel, passage, or pass | ||
** implicit in the terminology is that the strait allows for navigation, or passage, from one larger body of water to another | ** implicit in the terminology is that the strait allows for navigation, or passage, from one larger body of water to another | ||
* "strait comes from Old French "estreit" for "tight" or "narrow" | |||
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* important straits and channels | * important straits and channels | ||