A Strait, is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.
Niagara means "the strait"
The root word for "strait" is "strictus," which is Latin for "tight" or "narrow."
It is spelled "straight" if it means "not crooked". It is spelled "strait" if it refers to a body of water connecting two other bodies of water, like the Straits of Mackinac.
it means keeping strait
a strait between Upper and Lower Michigan, connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan.
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straited/strait An example would be if someone told you to get it strait. They would be refering to getting your thoughts strait.
The word "straight", meaning not bent, is spelt as you have in the question.Ensure that you mean this usage, and not the sense of "narrow waterway", which would be spelt strait (e.g. Strait of Magellan).
Detroit is a French word meaning strait, and the corresponding Latin word is Fretum (strait, sound, estuary, channel).
i think you mean what does foreaux strait divide?
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