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The sea between Europe and Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Middle Ocean, Terrene Sea, Great Sea, Hinder Sea, Sea of the Philistines, The Sea, Wendel Sea, Western Sea
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mediterranean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sea
Narrower terms: mare nostrum
History
Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.
PIE word *médhyos The word mediterranean is from Latin mediterrāneus (“inland, remote from the coast”) + English -an (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Mediterrāneus is derived from medius (“middle”) + terra (“dry land, ground”), modelled after Ancient Greek μεσόγαιος (mesógaios, “located in the midst of land”). The English word is cognate with Middle French méditerranéen (modern French méditerranéen), Italian mediterraneo, Spanish mediterráneo.
Across languages
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