mare nostrum

Noun

Meaning

(our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

mediterranean Mediterranean Sea

Examples

Controlling its entire coastline, Romans called the Mediterranean simply "Mare Nostrum" —"Our Sea." Source: Internet

He contends that Operation Mare Nostrum encourages immigrants to come to Italy as evidenced by the spike in the number of arrivals: 8,000 and 65,000 for the first half of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Source: Internet

The boats appeared shortly after Italy had ended its Mare Nostrum naval search and rescue operation. Source: Internet

In Sweden the sea was then referred to as Mare Nostrum Balticum ("Our Baltic Sea"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mare mare clausum mare liberum mare procellarum Mare Tranquillitatis mare's teat