North Sea
North Sea proper noun: a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
Proper noun
the North Sea
- A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
- Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.1986 November, Jack Beatty, “Along the Western Front”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022
- Synonyms:
- German Ocean, German Sea
North Sea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
North Sea in Hindi
- a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
- उत्तरी सागर uttarī sāgar
North Sea in Tamil
- a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
- வடகடல் vaṭakaṭal
North Sea in Marathi
- a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
- उत्तर समुद्र uttar samudra
North Sea in Urdu
- a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
- بحیرہ شمال bahr-e-śamāl
More languagesFewer languages
- North Sea in Bengali
- উত্তর সাগর uttor śagor
- North Sea in Telugu
- ఉత్తర సముద్రం uttara samudraṁ
- North Sea in Malayalam
- വടക്കൻ കടൽ vaṭakkaṉ kaṭal
- North Sea in Kannada
- ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ uttara samudra
- North Sea in Punjabi
- ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ uttarī samundar
- North Sea in Gujarati
- ઉત્તર સમુદ્ર uttar samudra
- North Sea in Nepali
- उत्तरी सागर uttarī sāgar
- North Sea in Arabic
- بَحَر اَلشَّمَال baḥar aš-šamāl
- North Sea in Malay
- Laut Utara
- North Sea in Indonesian
- Laut Utara
- North Sea in Persian
- دریای شمال daryâ šomâl
- North Sea in Thai
- ทะเลเหนือ tá-lee-nʉ̌ʉa
- North Sea in Vietnamese
- Bắc Hải, Biển Bắc
- North Sea in Myanmar
- မြောက်ပင်လယ် mraukpanglai
Synonyms of North Sea
Origin of North Sea
From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north + sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.
Words formed from North Sea
Questions about North Sea
- What does North Sea mean?
- North Sea means a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
- What is North Sea in Hindi?
- North Sea in Hindi is उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar). See North Sea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is North Sea?
- North Sea is a proper noun.
Words near North Sea in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: North Sea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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