Greenland Sea
[ green-luhnd see, -land ]
noun
a sea that lies northeast of Greenland and north of Iceland, variously defined as being part of either the Arctic Ocean or the North Atlantic Ocean: connected to the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait, site of the Molloy Deep.
Origin of Greenland Sea
1First recorded in 1900–05
Words Nearby Greenland Sea
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How to use Greenland Sea in a sentence
"But we have none of us ever been on the Greenland Sea before," said Bjarne.
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British Dictionary definitions for Greenland Sea
Greenland Sea
noun
the S part of the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Greenland
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