Yellow Sea

[ yel-oh see ]

/ ˈyɛl oʊ ˈsi /

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noun

an arm of the Pacific north of the East China Sea, between China and Korea.

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Also called (Pinyin, Wade-Giles) Huang Hai, (Older Spelling) Hwang Hai

[hwahng -hahy] /ˈʰwɑŋ ˈhaɪ/ .

Origin of Yellow Sea

First recorded in 1790–1800; translation of Chinese Huáng Hǎi

Words nearby Yellow Sea

Yellow River, yellow-rumped warbler, yellow rust, yellows, yellow sally, Yellow Sea, yellow spot, Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park

How to use Yellow Sea in a sentence

My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
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The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.
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And for those on the Palestinian right who still dream of driving the Jews into the sea, they too can forget it.
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Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
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Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.
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The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea

noun

a shallow arm of the Pacific between Korea and NE China. Area: about 466 200 sq km (180 000 sq miles)Chinese name: Hwang Hai

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