mare nostrum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mare nostrum
literally: our sea
Example Sentences
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Off Newport, long considered mare nostrum by the American defenders, Bertrand developed a feel for wind and water conditions unmatched by many Americans who have sailed these waters since adolescence.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one has devised a way to station a traffic cop or patrol vessels to guard the boundaries of some theoretical mare nostrum of space.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1964, however, the U.S. has increasingly had to share its mare nostrum with a constantly growing Russian fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without this Atlantic current the mare nostrum, which lost through atmospheric evaporation much more water than the rains and rivers could bring to it, would become dry in a few centuries.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
He could call it "mare nostrum" just as the Romans and their former rulers had done.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
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