Arafura Sea in Hindi
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The meaning of “Arafura Sea” in Hindi is आराफ़ूरा सागर, pronounced ārāfūrā sāgar . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
A sea lying directly north of Arnhem Land and south of West Papua.
Uncertain. Some theories of its origin have been presented, such as it deriving from Portuguese Alfours (“free men”), but it is more likely that it is named for the Harrafora, the indigenous name for the "people of the mountains" in the Moluccas. First recorded use dates to at least 1663.
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