English to afrikaans meaning of

solent

Die Solent is 'n waterstraat wat die eiland Wight van die vasteland van Engeland skei. Dit is geleë tussen die graafskappe Hampshire en die Isle of Wight, en verbind die Engelse Kanaal in die ooste met die Southampton Water in die noorde. Daar word geglo dat die woord "Solent" afkomstig is van die Ou-Engelse woord "saelen" wat "om te sout" beteken, wat verwys na die soutigheid van die water in die area.

Sentence Examples

  1. The two forts, passive sentinels for some one hundred and fifty years, stood guard over the shipping lanes at the eastern end of the Solent.
  2. Despite its Napoleonic grandeur and imposing position, facing Hurst on the opposite side of the western entrance to the Solent, it looked deserted.
  3. A castle surrounded by the tidal waters of the Solent, and the tide was just beginning to turn.
  4. Supplies came by boat from the island or trade with the network of Solent forts which formed part of the wider coastal defences built almost five hundred years ago by King Henry VIII to defend the south coast against invasion by the French.
  5. These defences had provided welcome protection against unwanted visitors in the Solent.
  6. Together with Hurst and the other Solent forts, they made up a formidable chain of castles, forts and shore batteries constructed during Napoleonic times to defend Portsmouth against the threat of invasion by the French.
  7. Planted orchards ran down to a beach that looked back across the Solent towards the mainland.
  8. Nothing to get excited about, mind you but he was experienced enough as a skipper to never underestimate a storm and its ability to create havoc even in the sheltered waters of the Solent.
  9. The views across the Solent stretched uninterrupted in multiple directions.
  10. The narrow western entrance to the Solent was notorious for its strong tides.
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