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 Fred J. Arting

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