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South Seas

plural noun

  1. the seas south of the equator.



South Seas

plural noun

  1. the seas south of the equator

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

South Seas

  1. The central, southern, and southwestern portions of the Pacific Ocean.

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Clifton’s, founded in the Depression year of 1931, once ran a chain of cafeterias arguably less notable for the food — beef dishes, fried chicken, Jell-o salads — than for the elaborate décor of religious dioramas, exotic South Seas vistas, and redwood faux forests.

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The country’s force de frappe, its nuclear strike force, was crucial to its political self-image, and those weapons required, France claimed, the South Seas testing.

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The crew was astonished at the beauty of the atoll, a postcard photo of South Seas paradise.

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For a dozen outposts of the Longchamps restaurant chain, Reiss provided scenery that transported diners to the South Seas, 17th-century New Amsterdam and futuristic rows of gilded skyscrapers.

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The view of Mount Rainier from the living room competes with Price’s collection of eye-popping modern furniture and South Seas art.

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