South China Sea


noun
  1. a part of the western Pacific, bounded by southeastern China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.

Origin of South China Sea

1
First recorded in 1870–75
  • Also called (Pinyin) Nan Hai [nahn-hahy] /ˈnɑn ˈhaɪ/ .

Words Nearby South China Sea

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How to use South China Sea in a sentence

  • The South China Sea is now the scene of one of the more serious feuds between officials in Washington and Beijing.

    Meanwhile, in the Pacific... | Noah Kristula-Green | August 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The last part of the journey was almost entirely through shallow water—three hundred miles of the warm South China Sea.

    The Image and the Likeness | John Scott Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for South China Sea

South China Sea

noun
  1. part of the Pacific surrounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines

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