Inland Sea

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noun

a sea in SW Japan, enclosed by the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. 240 miles (385 km) long.

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How to use Inland Sea in a sentence

My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
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The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.
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And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.
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Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.
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The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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British Dictionary definitions for Inland Sea

Inland Sea

noun

a sea in SW Japan, between the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and KyushuJapanese name: Seto Naikai

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