Andaman Sea

American  

noun

1. a part of the Bay of Bengal, E of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).

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Andaman Sea British  

noun

1. part of the Bay of Bengal, between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Malay Peninsula

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Example Sentences

Anthropologist Anstice Justin, 71, took part in the government's limited contact missions to the restricted North Sentinel island in the Andaman Sea between 1986 and 2004.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

During the 2015 Andaman Sea boat crisis, in which thousands of Rohingya refugees were stranded at sea, the vast majority of passengers were men.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Thousands more have made high-risk journeys across the Andaman Sea in rickety boats, often headed for countries in Southeast Asia.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

The long journey across the Andaman Sea in overcrowded fishing boats is always dangerous, but especially at this time of the year, at the peak of the monsoon storm season.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

"At the same time they have pushed significant supply through central Myanmar to the Andaman Sea where it seems few were looking," he said.

From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2023