South China Sea
a part of the western Pacific, bounded by southeastern China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
Origin of South China Sea
1- Also called (Pinyin) Nan Hai [nahn-hahy] /ˈnɑn ˈhaɪ/ .
Words Nearby South China Sea
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use South China Sea in a sentence
The Aquino administration led a case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, against China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, including islands close to the Philippines.
Benigno Aquino III, Philippine president who fought corruption and Chinese territorial claims, dies at 61 | Regine Cabato, William Branigin | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostChina’s growing military assertiveness in the Himalayas and South China Sea aren’t helping in a part of the world where — unlike the Middle East — China does have a long history of war and invasions.
Many boats ran into trouble with the Thai pirates who prowled the South China Sea at that time.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDays were wasted searching the South China Sea, not the Indian Ocean.
The Worst Place in the World for MH370 to Go Missing | Clive Irving | April 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are lots of sources of tension in that relationship, notably in the South China Sea.
The West Can Ally Against Russia But It Needs Global Cooperation | Bruce Jones | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The South China Sea is now the scene of one of the more serious feuds between officials in Washington and Beijing.
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
part of the Pacific surrounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse