mare nostrum

[ mah-re -nohs-troom; English mair-ee -nos-truhm, mahr-ey ]

/ ˈmɑ rɛ ˈnoʊs trʊm; English ˈmɛər i ˈnɒs trəm, ˈmɑr eɪ /

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noun Latin.

our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.

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Words nearby mare nostrum

mare liberum, maremma, maremma sheepdog, Mare Nectaris, Marengo, mare nostrum, Mare Nubium, Marenzio, mareograph, marero, Mare Serenitatis

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How to use mare nostrum in a sentence

Captain Giuseppe Maggio described the nightmare situations the Mare Nostrum ships encounter.
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Next came Dolly, after a big sorrel mare; and Paul, after a freckled pinto; and so on down the line.
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Since Mare Nostrum, more than 60 traffickers have been arrested when their boats were intercepted or rescued at sea.
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But if Mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.
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The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.
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Arma igitur expediunt, passis velis, instructa acie, directo cursu in nostrum portum inuehuntur.
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Bill Barry's statement that the cru-colored bovine was "lively" and could outrun his sorrel mare was, at least founded upon fact.
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The assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.
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A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.
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Coming around the bluff from the opposite direction was a countryman mounted on a powerful gray mare.
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British Dictionary definitions for mare nostrum

mare nostrum

/ Latin (ˈmɑːreɪ ˈnɒstrʊm) /

noun

the Latin name for the Mediterranean

Word Origin for mare nostrum

literally: our sea

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