mer de zanj meaning in English

sea of zanj

The Sea of Zanj (Arabic: بحر زنج‎) is a former name for that portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent to the region in the African Great Lakes referred to by medieval Arab geographers as Zanj.
La mer de Zanj est l'ancien nom donné à la mer bordant la portion de la côte est-africaine que les géographes arabes du Moyen Âge appelaient Zanj.