Celebes Sea

American  

noun

1. an arm of the Pacific Ocean, N of Sulawesi and S of the Philippines.

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Celebes Sea British  

noun

1. the part of the Pacific Ocean between Sulawesi, Borneo, and Mindanao

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Example Sentences

“This is not sexist,” said Rear Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan, who came up with the idea of the unit in 2018 after leading anti-piracy operations in the Celebes Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

The men had set off on 21 December with other fishermen aboard a purse seiner from General Santos, a southern Philippine port facing the Celebes Sea.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2017

Pleasure boats headed toward Bali from Hong Kong and Thailand are warned to stay away from the Celebes Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they have also other haunts and ports where they make rendezvous—many on the shores of the Celebes Sea, in the island of Celebes itself, and also along the eastern and northern coast of Borneo.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

Once more we were free of islands, crossing the wide Celebes Sea.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles