South China Sea

South China Sea

English

South China Sea

Etymology

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Proper noun

South China Sea

1. The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.
   • 1898 May, “The Philippine Islands”, in The Locomotive‎, volume XIX, number 5, Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, page 77:

     The Philippine Islands are an archipelago southeast of Asia. They extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo, and they separate the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean.

   • 2015, Cheney, Dick; Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America‎, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, OCLC 935894711, OL 26650505M, page 222:

     Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.

Synonyms

• East Sea (Vietnamese)
• West Philippine Sea (Philippines)

Translations

Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines

Afrikaans: Suid-Chinese See Albanian: Deti i Kinës Jugore Amharic: ደቡብ ቻይና ባሕር (däbub čayna baḥr) Arabic: بَحْر الصِّين الْجَنُوبِيّ‎ m (baḥr aṣ-ṣīn al-janūbiyy) Armenian: Հարավ-Չինական ծով (Harav-Čʿinakan cov) Azerbaijani: Cənubi Çin dənizi Basque: Hego Txinako itsasoa Belarusian: Паўднёва-Кіта́йскае мо́ра n (Paŭdnjova-Kitájskaje móra) Bengali: দক্ষিণ চীন সাগর (dôkhiṇ cīn sagôrô) Breton: Mor Su Sina m Bulgarian: Южнокита́йско море́ n (Južnokitájsko moré) Burmese: တောင်တရုတ်ပင်လယ် (taungta.rutpanglai) Catalan: mar de la Xina Meridional f Chinese: Cantonese: 南海 (naam4 hoi2), 南中國海, 南中国海 (naam4 zung1 gwok3 hoi2) Mandarin: 南海 (zh) (Nánhǎi), 南中國海／南中国海 (zh) (Nán Zhōngguó Hǎi) Czech: Jihočínské moře n Danish: Sydkinesiske Hav n Dutch: Zuid-Chinese Zee (nl) f Esperanto: Sudĉina Maro Estonian: Lõuna-Hiina meri Finnish: Etelä-Kiinanmeri French: mer de Chine méridionale (fr) f Galician: mar da China Meridional m Georgian: სამხრეთ ჩინეთის ზღვა (samxret činetis zɣva) German: Südchinesisches Meer (de) n Greek: Θάλασσα της Νότιας Κίνας f (Thálassa tis Nótias Kínas) Gujarati: દક્ષિણ ચીન સાગર (dakṣiṇ cīn sāgar) Hebrew: ים סין הדרומי‎ m (yám sin ha-drómi) Hindi: दक्षिणी चीन सागर m (dakṣiṇī cīn sāgar) Hungarian: Dél-kínai-tenger (hu) Icelandic: Suður-Kínahaf n Indonesian: Laut Tiongkok Selatan Irish: Muir na Síne Theas f Italian: Mar Cinese Meridionale m Japanese: 南シナ海 (みなみしなかい, Minami Shina-kai), 南支那海 (みなみしなかい, Minami Shina-kai) Kazakh: Оңтүстік Қытай теңізі (Oñtüstık Qytai teñızı) Khmer: សមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង (km) (saʼmot cən khaang tboung) Korean: 남중국해(南中國海) (Namjunggukhae) Kyrgyz: Түштүк Кытай деңизи (Tüştük Kıtay deŋizi) Lao: ທະເລຈີນໃຕ້ (lo) (tha lē chīn tai) Latvian: Dienvidķīnas jūra f Lithuanian: Pietų Kinijos jūra f Macedonian: Јужнокинеско Море n (Južnokinesko More) Malay: Laut China Selatan Malayalam: ദക്ഷിണ ചൈനാക്കടൽ (dakṣiṇa cainākkaṭal) Maltese: Baħar Ċiniż Nofsinhar m Marathi: दक्षिण चीन समुद्र (dakṣiṇ cīn samudra) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Өмнөд Хятадын тэнгис (Ömnöd Xjatadyn tengis) Navajo: Tónteel náátsʼósí Norwegian: Bokmål: Sørkinahavet n Nynorsk: Sørkinahavet n Persian: دریای جنوبی چین‎ (daryâ-ye jonubi čin) Polish: Morze Południowochińskie (pl) n Portuguese: Mar da China Meridional m Punjabi: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਚੀਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (dakkhaṇī cīn samundar) Romanian: Marea Chinei de Sud f Russian: Ю́жно-Кита́йское мо́ре (ru) n (Júžno-Kitájskoje móre) Scots: Sooth Cheenae Sea Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Јужнокинеско море n Roman: Južnokinesko more n Slovak: Juhočínske more n Slovene: Južnokitajsko morje n Spanish: mar de la China Meridional m Swedish: Sydkinesiska sjön c, Sydkinesiska havet n Tagalog: Timog Dagat Tsina Tajik: Баҳри Ҷануби Хитой (Bahri Janubi Xitoy) Tamil: தென்சீனக் கடல் (teṉcīṉak kaṭal) Tatar: Көньяк Кытай диңгезе (Kön’yak Qıtay diñgeze) Telugu: దక్షిణ చైనా సముద్రం (dakṣiṇa cainā samudraṁ) Thai: ทะเลจีนใต้ (tá-lee jiin dtâai) Turkish: Güney Çin Denizi (tr) Turkmen: Günorta Hytaý deňzi Ukrainian: Південнокита́йське мо́ре n (Pivdennokytájsʹke móre) Urdu: بحیرہ جنوبی چین‎ f (bahīrā janūbī cīn) Uzbek: Janubiy Xitoy dengizi Vietnamese: Biển Đông (vi) (㴜東) Welsh: Môr De Tsieina m West Frisian: Súdsineeske See

Further reading

• “South China Sea”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• South China Sea at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “South China Sea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “South China Sea” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.