mediterranean sea
11Mediterranean Sea — noun the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia • Syn: ↑Mediterranean • Derivationally related forms: ↑Mediterranean (for: ↑Mediterranean) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sea …
12Mediterranean Sea — World s largest inland sea, around which the Roman Empire was constructed. Byzantium (q.v.) inherited this geographical focus, maintaining it until the naval expansion of the Vandals and Arabs (qq.v.). During the period of the Crusades (q.v.) …
13Mediterranean Sea — Med′iterra′nean Sea′ n. geg a sea surrounded by Africa, Europe, and Asia. 2400 mi. (3865 km) long; 1,145,000 sq. mi. (2,965,550 sq. km) Also called Mediterranean 1) …
14MEDITERRANEAN SEA — so called by the ancients as lying in the presumed middle of the earth surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa; the largest enclosed sea in the world; its communication with the Atlantic is Gibraltar Strait, 9 m. wide; it communicates with the… …
15Mediterranean Sea — geographical name sea 2300 miles (3700 kilometers) long between Europe & Africa connecting with the Atlantic through Strait of Gibraltar & with Red Sea through Suez Canal …
16Mediterranean Sea — noun The sea between Europe and Africa …
17mediterranean sea — noun In oceanography, a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds …
18Mediterranean Sea — /mɛdətəreɪniən ˈsi/ (say meduhtuhrayneeuhn see) noun the sea between Africa, Europe, and Asia. About 2 965 321 km2; greatest known depth, 4400 m …
19Mediterranean Sea — Kai waena honua …
20Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area — Das Übereinkommen zum Schutz der Wale des Schwarzen Meeres, des Mittelmeeres und der angrenzenden Atlantischen Zonen (Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, ACCOBAMS) ist ein… …