thalassocracy

[thal-uh-sok-ruh-see]

noun, plural thal·as·soc·ra·cies.

dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.

Origin of thalassocracy

First recorded in 1840–50; thalasso- + -cracy

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Historical Examples of thalassocracy

Nor need the tradition of Minos' thalassocracy be regarded as altogether incredible.
The Heroic Age
H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for thalassocracy

thalassocracy

thalattocracy

noun

the government of a nation having dominion over large expanses of the seas

Word Origin for thalassocracy

C19: from Attic Greek thalassocratia, from thalassa sea + -cracy

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