Mediterranean Sea

noun

1. a sea surrounded by Africa, Europe, and Asia. 2,400 miles (3,865 kilometers) long; 1,145,000 square miles (2,965,550 square kilometers); greatest known depth 14,436 feet (4,400 meters).

Mediterranean Sea

noun

1. Ancient name: Mare Internum. a large inland sea between S Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia: linked with the Atlantic by the Strait of Gibraltar, with the Red Sea by the Suez Canal, and with the Black Sea by the Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, and Bosporus; many ancient civilizations developed around its shores. Greatest depth: 4770 m (15 900 ft). Length: (west to east) over 3700 km (2300 miles). Greatest width: about 1370 km (850 miles). Area: (excluding the Black Sea) 2 512 300 sq km (970 000 sq miles)

Mediterranean Sea

1. Sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mediterranean Sea¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

He is falsely accused of treason and sentenced to the dreaded Château d’If, a prison located on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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And that was just to sail the obelisk across the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sixty B-52s, loaded with hydrogen bombs, circled the outside edges of the Soviet Union—above the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland, above the Mediterranean Sea, above the western coast of Alaska.

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The USS Ford is currently deployed to the Mediterranean Sea along with three destroyers.

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More than 1,000 people have died so far this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea hoping to reach Europe, according to the UN migration agency.

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