English
Etymology
From Arabic بِير طَوِيل (bīr ṭawīl) or بِئْر طَوِيل (biʔr ṭawīl, literally “tall water well”).
Proper noun
Bir Tawil
- A region, a terra nullius along the border between Egypt and Sudan; declared by Egypt to be Sudanese and Sudan to be Egyptian; claimed by neither country.
See also
terrae nullae