mare nostrum

American  

[mah-re nohs-troom, mair-ee nos-truhm, mahr-ey] / ˈmɑ rɛ ˈnoʊs trʊm, ˈmɛər i ˈnɒs trəm, ˈmɑr eɪ /

noun

Latin.

1. our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.

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mare nostrum British  

/ ˈmɑːreɪ ˈnɒstrʊm /

noun

1. the Latin name for the Mediterranean

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Etymology

Origin of mare nostrum

literally: our sea

Example Sentences

Since 1964, however, the U.S. has increasingly had to share its mare nostrum with a constantly growing Russian fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Off Newport, long considered mare nostrum by the American defenders, Bertrand developed a feel for wind and water conditions unmatched by many Americans who have sailed these waters since adolescence.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one has devised a way to station a traffic cop or patrol vessels to guard the boundaries of some theoretical mare nostrum of space.

From Time Magazine Archive

These signs of interest shown by the great traveler in the little mare nostrum, and especially in the details of its western bowl which he wished to know most minutely, pleased Ferragut greatly.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

He adored the mare nostrum as much as Doctor Ferragut, but his enthusiasm was not concerned with the Phoenician and Egyptian ships whose keels had first plowed these waves.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster