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the Four Seas

the Four Seas proper noun: four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).

Proper noun

the Four Seas

  1. (historical) Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).
  2. The four seas bordering the United Kingdom: the English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.

Questions about the Four Seas

What does the Four Seas mean?
The Four Seas means four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).
What part of speech is the Four Seas?
The Four Seas is a proper noun.

Words near the Four Seas in the dictionary

  1. the fish rots from the head
  2. the fix is in
  3. the floor is lava
  4. the flying fuck out of
  5. the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest
  6. the Four Seas
  7. the fox may grow grey but never good
  8. the freaks come out at night
  9. The Freshwater
  10. the fuck
  11. the fuck out of

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