Mediterranean Sea

American  

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).

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Mediterranean Sea British  

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)

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Mediterranean Sea Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of Mediterranean Sea

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

On the other side of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, which has endured more than a week of extreme temperatures, air conditioning's reputation is worse, and its usefulness far from accepted everywhere.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

“Statistics show that there is a 100% chance of a tsunami of at least one metre high in the Mediterranean Sea in the next 30 years.”

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

They’re found around the globe, mostly in subtropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Chevron is set to conduct exploration work later this year in Egypt, where it holds 9 million net acres in the Mediterranean Sea, and it recently confirmed substantial oil discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Similar ecological disasters occurred on almost every one of the thousands of islands that pepper the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari