South Sea

Speech parts

1. South Sea - Noun

2. South Sea - Proper noun

Meaning

any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

South Pacific Southern Cross Southern Ocean South Sea Islands West Philippine Sea cruz del sur in the south pacific in the pacific in the south seas in the south pacific region southern bluefin in the southern seas south pacific region

Hypernyms

sea

Examples

Men are tattooed with their special beliefs like so many South Sea Islanders but a real human heart with divine love in it beats with the same glow under all the patterns of all earth's thousand tribes. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Almagro wanted to have a ship built with the remaining materials of the Espinosa expedition, to be finished on the coast of the "Great South Sea," as the Pacific Ocean was first called by the Spanish. Source: Internet

Australian pearl divers dive for south sea pearl oysters to be used in the cultured south sea pearl industry. Source: Internet

Carswell, p. 103 In 1719 the South Sea Company proposed to take over £31 million (three fifths) of the British national debt by exchanging government securities for stock in the company. Source: Internet

Black cultured pearls from the black pearl oyster – Pinctada margaritifera – are not South Sea pearls, although they are often mistakenly described as black South Sea pearls. Source: Internet

John Callander put forward a proposal in 1766 for Britain to found a colony of banished convicts in the South Sea or in Terra Australis to enable the mother country to exploit the riches of those regions. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

South Sandwich Islands South Sandwiches South Sardinia South Sea Islander South Sea Islands south seashore