Yellow Sea
an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of the East China Sea, between China and Korea.
Origin of Yellow Sea
1- Also called (Pinyin, Wade-Giles) Huang Hai, (Older Spelling) Hwang Hai [hwahng-hahy] /ˈʰwɑŋ ˈhaɪ/ .
Words Nearby Yellow Sea
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How to use Yellow Sea in a sentence
The exchange took place in the Yellow Sea, what the Koreans call the West Sea.
The Ominous Meaning of North Korea’s Missile Launches | Gordon G. Chang | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe blasts sent 1,500 tons of crude oil into the Yellow Sea and sparked 100-foot-high flames that burned for 15 hours.
And among the shavings, like so many lighthouses in a Yellow Sea, burnt four or five fat ecclesiastical candles.
Witching Hill | E. W. HornungThis was the beginning of the complete mastery of the Yellow Sea which Japan was soon to gain.
Japan | VariousThe wind was only moderately fair so that the Mirabelle took some time passing beyond the Yellow Sea.
Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley Dawson
The dust thus raised from the Mongolian steppes gives the peculiar tinge to the Yellow Sea.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 | VariousNever heard of again—after being spoken in the Yellow Sea about three days from Chemulpo.
Ravensdene Court | J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
British Dictionary definitions for Yellow Sea
a shallow arm of the Pacific between Korea and NE China. Area: about 466 200 sq km (180 000 sq miles): Chinese name: Hwang Hai
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