Mediterranean Sea

See also: mediterranean sea

English

Etymology

Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.dɪ.təˈɹeɪ.nɪ.ən ˈsiː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.də.təˈɹeɪ.ni.ən ˈsi/, /ˌmɛ.də.təˈɹeɪ.njən ˈsi/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: Me‧di‧ter‧ra‧nean Sea

Proper noun

the Mediterranean Sea

The sea between Europe and Africa.
Synonyms: (dated) Middle Ocean, (obsolete) Terrene Sea, (biblical) Great Sea, (biblical) Hinder Sea, (biblical) Sea of the Philistines, (biblical) The Sea, (historical) Wendel Sea, (biblical) Western Sea

Translations

sea between Europe and Africa

Afrikaans: Middellandse See
Albanian: Deti Mesdhe (sq) m
Amharic: ሜድትራኒያን ባሕር (medtəraniyan baḥr)
Arabic: البَحْرُ الأَبْيَضُ الْمُتَوَسِّط (ar) m (al-baḥru l-ʔabyaḍu l-mutawassiṭ), البَحْرُ المُتَوَسِّط m (al-baḥru l-mutawassiṭ), بَحْرُ الشَّام m (baḥru š-šām) (obsolete), بَحْرُ الرُّوم m (baḥru r-rūm) (obsolete)
Aragonese: Mar Mediterrania
Armenian: Միջերկրական ծով (Miǰerkrakan cov)
Old Armenian: Յունաց ծով (Yunacʿ cov)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܐ ܚܘܵܪܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ m (yama ḳwara miṣʿaya)
Asturian: Mar Mediterraneu
Azerbaijani: Aralıq dənizi (az)
Basque: Mediterraneo itsasoa
Belarusian: Міжзе́мнае мо́ра n (Mižzjémnaje móra)
Bengali: ভূমধ্যসাগর (bn) (bhumoddhośagor)
Breton: Mor Kreizdouar
Bulgarian: Средизе́мно море́ n (Sredizémno moré)
Burmese: မြေထဲပင်လယ် (mrehtai:panglai)
Catalan: Mar Mediterrània f, Mar Mediterrani m, Mediterrània f, Mediterrani m
Cebuano: Dagat Mediteranyo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 地中海 (dei⁶ zung¹ hoi²)

Mandarin: 地中海 (zh) (Dìzhōnghǎi)
Cornish: an Kresvor m
Corsican: Mar Mediterraniu m, Mari Mediterraniu m
Crimean Tatar: Aq deñiz
Czech: Středozemní moře (cs) n
Danish: Middelhavet (da) n
Dutch: Middellandse Zee (nl) f
Esperanto: Mediteraneo
Estonian: Vahemeri (et)
Extremaduran: Mari Mediterráneu
Faroese: Miðjarðarhav
Finnish: Välimeri (fi)
French: mer Méditerranée (fr) f, Méditerranée (fr) f
Galician: Mar Mediterráneo
Georgian: ხმელთაშუა ზღვა (xmeltašua zɣva)
German: Mittelmeer (de) n
Greek: Μεσόγειος Θάλασσα (el) f (Mesógeios Thálassa)
Gujarati: ભૂમધ્ય સાગર (bhūmadhya sāgar)
Hausa: Bahar Rum
Hebrew: הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן (he) (ha-yam ha-tikhón)
Hindi: भूमध्य सागर (hi) m (bhūmadhya sāgar)
Hungarian: Földközi-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Miðjarðarhaf (is) n
Indonesian: Laut Tengah, Laut Mediterania
Irish: an Mheánmhuir f
Italian: Mar Mediterraneo (it) m, Mediterraneo (it) m, Medioceano m
Japanese: 地中海 (ja) (ちちゅうかい, Chichūkai)
Kannada: ಮೆಡಿಟರೇನಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (meḍiṭarēniyan samudra)
Kashubian: Strzódzemné Mòrze n
Kazakh: Жерорта теңізі (Jerorta teñızı)
Khmer: សមុទ្រ មេឌីទែរ៉ានេ (sɑɑmutrɔɔ meidiitɛɛraanei)
Korean: 지중해(地中海) (ko) (Jijunghae)
Kumyk: Орта денгизи (Orta deñizi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Navîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: Жер ортолук деңиз (Jer ortoluk deŋiz)
Lao: ທະເລເມດີແຕກລາເນ (tha lē mē dī tǣk lā nē)
Latin: Mare Mediterraneum n, Mare Nostrum n, Mare Internum n
Latvian: Vidusjūra (lv) f
Lithuanian: Viduržemio jūra (lt)
Luxembourgish: Mëttelmier
Macedonian: Средозе́мно Море n (Sredozémno More)
Malay: Laut Mediterranean, Laut Tengah, Laut Rum
Malayalam: മധ്യധരണ്യാഴി (ml) (madhyadharaṇyāḻi)
Maltese: il-Baħar Mediterran
Maori: Moana o waenga
Marathi: भूमध्य समुद्र (bhūmadhya samudra)
Middle English: Grete See
Mingrelian: სქირონაშქა ზუღა (skironaška zuɣa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Газрын Дундад тэнгис (Gazryn Dundad tengis)
Navajo: Médíwííyin Sii
Nepali: मेडिटरिनियन सागर (meḍiṭriniyan sāgar)
Norman: Méditerrannée f
North Frisian: Madlunsia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Middelhavet (no) n

Nynorsk: Middelhavet n
Occitan: Mar Mediterranèa f
Old English: Wendelsǣ f
Old High German: Wentilsēo
Ottoman Turkish: بحر روم (Bahr-i Rûm), بحر سفید (Bahr-i Sefid), اق دڭز (Ak deñiz)
Persian: دریای مدیترانه (fa) (daryâ-ye mediterâne), دریای روم (daryâ-ye rum), دریای شام (daryâ-ye šâm), دریای میانه (daryâ-ye miyâne)
Polish: Morze Śródziemne (pl) n
Portuguese: Mediterrâneo (pt) m, Mar Mediterrâneo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (bhū-maddha samundar)
Romanian: Marea Mediterană (ro) f
Romansch: Mar Mediterrana
Russian: Средизе́мное мо́ре (ru) n (Sredizémnoje móre)
Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhuir Mheadhanach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Средоземно море n

Roman: Sredozemno more n
Sicilian: Mari Miditirràniu m, Miditirràniu m
Slovak: Stredozemné more (sk)
Slovene: Sredozemsko morje n
Somali: Bada Dhexe
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Srjejźne mórjo n

Upper Sorbian: Srjedźne morjo n
Spanish: mar Mediterráneo (es) m, Mediterráneo (es) m
Swahili: Bahari ya Mediteranea, Bahari ya Kati
Swedish: Medelhavet (sv) n
Tagalog: Dagat Mediteraneo
Tajik: Баҳри Миёназамин (Bahri Miyonazamin)
Tamil: நடுநிலக் கடல் (naṭunilak kaṭal)
Telugu: మధ్యధరా సముద్రం (te) (madhyadharā samudraṁ)
Thai: ทะเลเมดิเตอร์เรเนียน (tá-lee mee-dì-dtə̂ə-ree-niian)
Turkish: Akdeniz (tr)
Turkmen: Ortaýer deňzi
Ukrainian: Середзе́мне мо́ре n (Seredzémne móre)
Urdu: بحیرہ روم f (bahīrā rum)
Uyghur: يەر ئوتتۇرا دېڭىزى (yer ottura dë'ngizi)
Uzbek: Oq dengiz
Vietnamese: Địa Trung Hải (vi) (地中海)
Volapük: Zänodamel (vo)
Walloon: Mîtrinne Mer (wa)
Welsh: Môr y Canoldir (cy) m
West Frisian: Middellânske See
Yiddish: מיטלענדישער ים m (mitlendisher yam)

Mediterranean Sea

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