mare nostrum

American  

[mah-re nohs-troom, mair-ee nos-truhm, mahr-ey] / ˈmɑ rɛ ˈnoʊs trʊm, ˈmɛər i ˈnɒs trəm, ˈmɑr eɪ /

noun

Latin.

1. our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.

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mare nostrum British  

/ ˈmɑːreɪ ˈnɒstrʊm /

noun

1. the Latin name for the Mediterranean

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Etymology

Origin of mare nostrum

literally: our sea

Example Sentences

Off Newport, long considered mare nostrum by the American defenders, Bertrand developed a feel for wind and water conditions unmatched by many Americans who have sailed these waters since adolescence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1964, however, the U.S. has increasingly had to share its mare nostrum with a constantly growing Russian fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one has devised a way to station a traffic cop or patrol vessels to guard the boundaries of some theoretical mare nostrum of space.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marseilles was the metropolis of the Mediterranean, the terminal for all the navigators of the mare nostrum.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

Without this Atlantic current the mare nostrum, which lost through atmospheric evaporation much more water than the rains and rivers could bring to it, would become dry in a few centuries.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster