Flores Sea

American

[flawr-is see, -eez, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪs ˈsi, -iz, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

a sea between Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands. About 180 miles (290 km) wide.

Flores Sea British

noun

a part of the Pacific Ocean in Indonesia between Celebes and the Lesser Sunda Islands

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Then he showed up in the Flores Sea, an' for a year the fishers didn't dare visit the pearlin' beds.

From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.

So far, "greasy" luck had attended the Policy for she had taken sixteen more sperm whales, the last of which was killed in about 8� S. and 120� E., in the Flores Sea.

From Foster's Letter Of Marque A Tale Of Old Sydney - 1901 by Becke, Louis

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