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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the southwest Pacific Ocean bounded by northeast Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was the scene of a US World War II naval victory in May 1942.
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- proper noun A
marginal sea of thePacific Ocean off the north-east coast ofAustralia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
- noun a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
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The Coral Sea is a two-disc live release which will be released July 11th on PASK, a new imprint founded by Smith and Shields.
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"The Coral Sea is the perfect complement to make it an even richer natural heirloom for jobs and prosperity in Queensland in the decades and centuries to come."
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Professor Kearney is worried that conservationists will now target the Coral Sea, which is part of the South Pacific tuna fishery, the world's largest.
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"The Coral Sea is the perfect complement to make it an even richer natural heirloom for jobs and prosperity in Queensland in the decades and centuries to come."
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It's called Coral Sea and it's strictly for dogfighting in airplanes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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It's called Coral Sea and it's strictly for dogfighting in airplanes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in which ships involved never sighted each other and aircraft were solely used to attack opposing forces.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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It's called Coral Sea and it's strictly for dogfighting in airplanes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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It's called Coral Sea and it's strictly for dogfighting in airplanes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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It's called Coral Sea and it's strictly for dogfighting in airplanes.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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