Sulu Sea

American  

noun

1. a sea in the W Pacific, between the SW Philippines and Borneo.

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Sulu Sea British  

noun

1. part of the W Pacific between Borneo and the central Philippines

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Example Sentences

It's one of a cluster of islands that make up the Agutaya archipelago, stranded in the middle of the Philippines' Sulu Sea.

From BBC

He did not say what vessel, but the Philippines in March 2022 said it detected a Chinese navy reconnaissance ship off the Cuyo Group of Islands within the Sulu Sea, where it entered and lingered without permission, ignoring demands to leave.

From Reuters

Debris from the second flight landed harmlessly in the Indian Ocean, while remnants from the third fell into the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.

From Reuters

And in July, after China launched the Wentian module, much of the booster burned up over the Sulu Sea, southeast of the Philippines.

From New York Times

Erwin Villarias’s great-grandfather was one of seven men who climbed into a narrow wooden boat at Cagayancillo, a small island in the Sulu Sea, and set sail in search of . . . what exactly?

From Washington Post