English
Etymology
Named after Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɒɹɪs ˈstɹeɪt/
Proper noun
Torres Strait
- A strait between Australia and New Guinea, connecting the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.
Derived terms
Translations
a strait between Australia and New Guinea
- Afrikaans: Torres-straat
- Arabic: مَضِيق تُوْرِيس m (maḍīq tuwrīs)
- Armenian: Տոռեսի նեղուց (Toṙesi neġucʻ)
- Azerbaijani: Torres boğazı
- Basque: Torres itsasartea
- Belarusian: Праліў Торэса m (Praliŭ Tóresa)
- Bengali: টরেস প্রণালী (ṭores pronali)
- Breton: Strizh-mor Torres m
- Bulgarian: Торесов проток m (Toresov protok)
- Catalan: estret de Torres m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 托雷斯海峽 / 托雷斯海峡 (zh) (Tuōléisī hǎixiá)
- Czech: Torresův průliv m
- Danish: Torresstrædet n
- Dutch: Straat Torres (nl) f
- Esperanto: Toresa Markolo
- Estonian: Torrese väin
- Finnish: Torresinsalmi
- French: détroit de Torrès (fr) m
- Galician: Estreito de Torres m
- Georgian: ტორესის სრუტე (ṭoresis sruṭe)
- German: Torres-Straße f
- Greek: Πορθμός Τόρες m (Porthmós Tóres)
- Hebrew: מצר טורס m (metsár tóres)
- Hindi: टोरेस जलसन्धि (ṭores jalsandhi)
- Hungarian: Torres-szoros
- Icelandic: Torressund n
- Indonesian: Selat Torres
- Italian: stretto di Torres m
- Japanese: トレス海峡 (Toresu-kaikyō)
- Kazakh: Торрес бұғазы (Torres būğazy)
- Korean: 토러스 해협 (Toreoseu haehyeop)
- Kyrgyz: Торрес кысыгы (Torres kısıgı)
- Latvian: Torresa šaurums m
- Lithuanian: Toreso sąsiauris m
- Macedonian: Торесов Проток m (Toresov Protok)
- Malay: Selat Torres
- Malayalam: ടോറസ് കടലിടുക്ക് (ṭōṟasŭ kaṭaliṭukkŭ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Torresstredet n
- Nynorsk: Torressundet n
- Persian: تنگه تورس (tange-ye tôres)
- Polish: Cieśnina Torresa f
- Portuguese: Estreito de Torres m
- Romanian: Strâmtoarea Torres f
- Russian: То́рресов проли́в m (Tórresov prolív), проли́в То́рреса m (prolív Tórresa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Торесов мореуз m, Торесов пролаз m
- Roman: Toresov moreuz m, Toresov prolaz m
- Slovak: Torresov prieliv m
- Slovene: Torresov preliv m
- Spanish: estrecho de Torres m
- Swedish: Torres sund n
- Tamil: டொரெஸ் நீரிணை (ṭores nīriṇai)
- Thai: ช่องแคบทอร์เรส (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp tɔɔ-rêes)
- Turkish: Torres Boğazı
- Ukrainian: Торресова протока f (Torresova protoka)
- Vietnamese: Eo biến Torres
- Welsh: Culfor Torres m
- West Frisian: Strjitte fan Torres
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