Cattegat


Kattegat.
a strait between Jutland and Sweden. 40–70 miles (64–113 km) wide.
Historical Examples

noun
a former spelling of Kattegat
noun
a strait between Denmark and Sweden: linked by the Sound, the Great Belt, and the Little Belt with the Baltic Sea and by the Skagerrak with the North Sea Former spelling Cattegat

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