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Definitions of acque

noun
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

synonyms: mare, oceano

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Mare Adriatico
an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west

Mare Egeo
an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia

Mare d'Arabia
a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia

Mar Baltico
a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy

Mare di Beaufort
part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska

Mare di Bering
part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait

Mare di Bismarck
an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago

Mar Eussino
a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans

Caraibi
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream

Mar dei Coralli
an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia

Mar Cinese Orientale
part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia

Mare di Groenlandia
part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland

Mare Mediterraneo
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

Mare del Nord
an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970

Mar Rosso
a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal

Mar del Giappone
an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan

Mare di Ohotsk
an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia

Mar Cinese Meridionale
a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons

Mar Giallo
part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia

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Mare del Sud
any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)

type of:
acqua
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

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