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Celebes Sea

American  

noun

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


Celebes Sea British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“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

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

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It was the hideous hammer-headed shark, the dreaded zygaena of the Celebes Sea.

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

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