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Definition of Inland sea
1. Noun. An arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima.
Definition of Inland sea
1. Proper noun. the body of water that separates the three main islands of Japan ¹
2. Noun. A large, but relatively shallow expanse of water, within a land mass, sometimes connected to the ocean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inland Sea
Literary usage of Inland sea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"... surrounding counties, for " the benefit of the subject,—why should not the
right of fishing " in this inland sea be enjoyed and exercised by the public, ..."
2. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"CHAPTER VI Gulf claimed as a "Spanish inland sea"—Discovery of Mississippi made
from headwaters to Sea—Indefatigable French Explorers of Canada— Rumors of ..."
3. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The largest of the lakes of Japan is the poetic and romantically beautiful Lake
of Omi (see Index). The inland sea (Seto Uchi, ..."
4. Missionary Review of the World (1917)
"A BAPTISMAL SERVICE IN THE "inland sea" One result of the labors of the Missionary
Gospel Ship A Missionary Captain and His Gospel Ship The Story of Captain ..."
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