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Etymology

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Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.

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the Mediterranean Sea

  1. The sea between Europe and Africa.
    Synonyms: (dated) Middle Ocean, (obsolete) Terrene Sea, (biblical) Great Sea, (biblical) Hinder Sea, (biblical) Sea of the Philistines, (biblical) The Sea, (historical) Wendel Sea, (biblical) Western Sea

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