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 in Africa, along the border between Egypt and Sudan; declared by Egypt to be Sudanese and Sudan to be Egyptian; claimed by neither country; becoming Terra Nullius with the departure of the British colonial government.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- Halaib Triangle (a region claimed by both Sudan and Egypt)
See also
terrae nullae