1. Coral Sea - Noun
2. Coral Sea - Proper noun
a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
Source: WordNetBureau forecaster Rosa Hoff said a high-pressure ridge over the Coral Sea was driving the "tropical" heatwave conditions across most of the east coast. Source: Internet
Friedman cruisers, pp. 316-321 It should be noted that Savo was the first surface action of the war for almost all the US ships and personnel; few US cruisers and destroyers were targeted or hit at Coral Sea or Midway. Source: Internet
Last July, Australia’s Department of Defence confirmed that a Chinese spy ship had been loitering in international waters while Australia and the United States were conducting a joint military exercise in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland. Source: Internet
The eels are driven by instinct to return to the place from which they spawned, believed to be deep in the Coral Sea in the South Pacific Ocean, some 3000 to 4000 kilometres away. Source: Internet
One of the first printed maps to show the Pacific Ocean citation USS Lexington under air attack on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea Important human migrations occurred in the Pacific in prehistoric times. Source: Internet
III, pp. 292-293 Guadalcanal campaign After the key carrier battles of the Coral Sea and Midway in mid-1942, Japan had lost four of the six fleet carriers that launched the Pearl Harbor raid and was on the strategic defensive. Source: Internet