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Milwaukee Deep
[ mil-waw-kee deep ]
noun
- the deepest known place in the Atlantic Ocean, located in the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of 27,487 feet (8,378 meters): sometimes said to be within a surrounding depression Brownson Deep, but with no apparent distinction between the two.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Milwaukee Deep1
First recorded in 1935–40; named after the cruiser USS Milwaukee, which discovered the deep (1939)
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