Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar; with the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus; and with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal.
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- proper noun The
sea betweenEurope andAfrica .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
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Examples
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It is interesting that the waters that wash its western shore are called the Mediterranean Sea, that is, the
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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Beneath the waves of the Mediterranean Sea is a world teeming with life.
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If I'd lived, let's say, in Athens or in any other part of the world where I'm on the sea, and especially the Mediterranean Sea, which is warmer than it is up here, then I would probably be sailing now still.
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Sloping down from the Judean hills toward the plain of Philistia and the Mediterranean Sea is the Shefelah, or Lowlands, a section of
Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman
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This wind sometimes raises a tumult in the Mediterranean Sea, which is much dreaded by the French and
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux
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= -- It has been said that the Mediterranean Sea was the center of ancient civilization; that modern civilization has developed on the shores of the Atlantic; and that the future belongs to the Pacific.
History of the United States Mary Ritter Beard 1917
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They sailed to other places on the Mediterranean Sea, which is a very large body of water, you know, and to England, to France, to Norway, and even as far away as the cold northern island of Iceland.
The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral 1892
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The nations that dwelt in ancient times around and near the northern shores of the Mediterranean Sea were the first in our continent to receive from the East the rudiments of art and literature, and the germs of social and political organizations.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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They sailed to other places on the Mediterranean Sea, which is a very large body of water, you know, and to England, to France, to Norway, and even as far away as the cold northern island of Iceland.
The true story of Christopher Columbus, called the Great Admiral Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874
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U.S. Navy assault ships entered the Mediterranean Sea from the Persian Gulf, and Western military leaders pondered a no-fly zone to contain the air attacks on Kadafi's opponents, the besieged leader told Libyans that slavery and a bloodbath would be the consequences of any foreign intervention.
latimes.com - News 2011
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