mediterranean sea
see also: Mediterranean Sea
Pronunciation Noun
Mediterranean Sea
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Mediterranean Sea
Pronunciation Noun
mediterranean sea (plural mediterranean seas)
- (oceanography) A mostly enclosed#Adjective|enclosed sea that has limited#Adjective|limited exchange#Noun|exchange of deep#Adjective|deep water#Noun|water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than wind#Noun|winds.
- 1733, Philip Miller, “SUN ↗”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for the author; and sold by C[harles] Rivington, […], OCLC 429215710 ↗, column 1:
- This will account for the Caſpian Sea being always at a Stand, and neither waſting or overflowing; and alſo for the Current ſaid to ſet always in at the Streights of Gibraltar, notwithſtanding that thoſe Mediterranean ſeas receive ſo many, and ſo conſiderable Rivers.
- Mediterrane (obsolete)
- Mediterranean
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterrany (obsolete)
- French: mer méditérranéenne
- German: Mittelmeer
- Italian: mare mediterraneo
- Portuguese: mar mediterrâneo, mar continental
- Russian: средизе́мное мо́ре
- Spanish: mar mediterráneo
Mediterranean Sea
Pronunciation Proper noun
- The sea between Europe and Africa.
- Synonyms: Great Sea, Hinder Sea, Sea of the Philistines, The Sea, Western Sea
- French: Mer Méditerranée, Méditerranée
- German: Mittelmeer
- Italian: Mar Mediterraneo, Mediterraneo
- Portuguese: Mediterrâneo, Mar Mediterrâneo
- Russian: Средизе́мное мо́ре
- Spanish: mar Mediterráneo, Mediterráneo
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