mediterranean

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea (synset 303096641)
    "Mediterranean countries"
Noun
  1. The largest inland sea;
    Between Europe and Africa and Asia (synset 109372942)
    subtypes: mare nostrum - (our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans
    is an instance of: sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    has:
    • cyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean
    • crete, kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
    • aegadean islands, aegadean isles, aegates, egadi islands, isole egadi - a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
    • sardegna, sardinia - an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy
    • sicilia, sicily - the largest island in the Mediterranean
    • corse, corsica - an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
    • malta - a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
    • abukir, abukir bay - a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
    • adriatic, adriatic sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
    • aegean, aegean sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
    • gulf of antalya - a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
    • gulf of sidra - wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
    • ionian sea - an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
    • ligurian sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica
    • perejil - a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain
    • tyrrhenian sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily
    same as: mediterranean sea

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