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Coral Sea

noun

a part of the S Pacific, bounded by NE Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the New Hebrides: U.S. naval victory over the Japanese, May 1942.

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British Dictionary definitions for coral sea

Coral Sea

noun

the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu
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