mare nostrum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mare nostrum
literally: our sea
Example Sentences
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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
Since 1964, however, the U.S. has increasingly had to share its mare nostrum with a constantly growing Russian fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
These signs of interest shown by the great traveler in the little mare nostrum, and especially in the details of its western bowl which he wished to know most minutely, pleased Ferragut greatly.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
For centuries and centuries it had been the tomb of the Ferraguts; with good reason they had called it "mare nostrum."
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
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