# How did the Red Sea get it's name?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-red-sea-get-its-name/48986 "2001-01-08T13:25:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-red-sea-get-its-name/48986/21 "2001-07-25T13:26:15Z")

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I found this interesting site:

[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/pseudo69.html](http://penelope.uchicago.edu/pseudo69.html)

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