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seven seas en · NOUN

Etymology

The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only, poetic) All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.
   • I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something 1983, David A. Stewart, Annie Lennox, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, performed by Eurythmics:

Forms

Deriveds

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

Translations (16)

pt sete mares (all of the Earths oceans) · th เจ็ดคาบสมุทร (all of the Earths oceans) · de sieben Meere (all of the Earths oceans) · el επτά θάλασσες (all of the Earths oceans) · ru семь море́й (all of the Earths oceans) · da de syv have (all of the Earths oceans) · nb de sju hav (all of the Earths oceans) · ar اَلْبِحَار اَلسَّبْعَة (all of the Earths oceans) · nl zeven zeeën (all of the Earths oceans) · fr sept mers (all of the Earths oceans) · th เจ็ดย่านน้ำ (all of the Earths oceans) · it sette mari (all of the Earths oceans) · nn dei sju hav (all of the Earths oceans) · pl siedem mórz (all of the Earths oceans) · ja 七つの海 (all of the Earths oceans) · cmn 七海 (all of the Earths oceans)

wikipedia: The Seven Seas (poetry collection) · wikipedia: Rudyard Kipling