North Sea

English

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North Sea

Etymology

From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north +‎ sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the North Sea

A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).

Synonyms

(obsolete) German Ocean, German Sea

Derived terms

North Sea oil

Translations

a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France

Afrikaans: Noordsee
Albanian: Deti i Veriut
Amharic: ሰሜን ባሕር (sämen baḥr)
Arabic: بَحَر اَلشَّمَال m (baḥar aš-šamāl)
Armenian: Հյուսիսային ծով (Hyusisayin cov)
Azerbaijani: Şimal dənizi
Basque: Ipar itsasoa
Belarusian: Паўночнае мора n (Paŭnóčnaje móra)
Bengali: উত্তর সাগর (uttor śagor)
Breton: Mor an Hanternoz m
Bulgarian: Северно море n (Severno more)
Burmese: မြောက်ပင်လယ် (mraukpanglai)
Catalan: Mar del Nord m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北海 (zh) (Běihǎi)
Cornish: Mor a-Gledhbarth m
Czech: Severní moře (cs) n
Danish: Nordsøen (da) c, Vesterhavet (da) n
Dutch: Noordzee (nl) f
Esperanto: Norda Maro
Estonian: Põhjameri
Farefare: Ateko Gɛrman
Faroese: Norðsjógvurin m
Finnish: Pohjanmeri (fi)
French: mer du Nord (fr) f
Galician: Mar do Norte m
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა (črdiloetis zɣva)
German: Nordsee (de) f
Greek: Βόρεια Θάλασσα (el) f (Vóreia Thálassa)
Gujarati: ઉત્તર સમુદ્ર (uttar samudra)
Hebrew: הים הצפוני m (ha-yam ha-tsafóni)
Hindi: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
Hungarian: Északi-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Norðursjór (is) m
Ido: Norda Maro (io)
Indonesian: Laut Utara
Irish: an Mhuir Thuaidh f
Italian: mare del Nord m
Japanese: 北海 (ja) (ほっかい, Hokkai)
Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ (uttara samudra)
Kashubian: Nordowé Mòrzé
Kazakh: Солтүстік теңізі (Soltüstık teñızı)
Khmer: សមុទ្រខាងជើង (sɑɑmutrɔɔkhaangcəəng)
Korean: 북해 (bukhae)
Lao: ທະເລເໜືອ (tha lē nư̄a)
Latin: Mare Germanicum n
Latvian: Ziemeļjūra f
Lithuanian: Šiaurės jūra (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Noordsee (nds) f
Macedonian: Северно Море n (Severno More)
Malay: Laut Utara
Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കടൽ (vaṭakkaṉ kaṭal)
Maltese: il-Baħar ta’ Tramuntana m
Marathi: उत्तर समुद्र (uttar samudra)
Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Tónteel
Nepali: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
Norman: Mé du Nord f
North Frisian: Weestsiie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nordsjøen (no)

Nynorsk: Nordsjøen
Occitan: Mar del Nòrd f
Old English: Norþsǣ f
Persian: دریای شمال (daryâ šomâl)
Polish: Morze Północne (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar do Norte m
Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (uttarī samundar)
Romanian: Marea Nordului (ro) f
Romansch: Mar dal Nord f
Russian: Се́верное мо́ре (ru) n (Sévernoje móre)
Scots: North Sea
Scottish Gaelic: Muir a Tuath f, Muir Lochlainn f, Cuan a Tuath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Северно море n, Сјеверно море n

Roman: Severno more n, Sjeverno more (sh) n
Slovak: Severné more (sk) n
Slovene: Severno morje n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocne mórjo

Upper Sorbian: Sewjerne morjo
Spanish: Mar del Norte m
Swedish: Nordsjön (sv)
Tajik: Баҳри Шимолӣ (Bahr-i Šimoli)
Tamil: வடகடல் (vaṭakaṭal)
Telugu: ఉత్తర సముద్రం (uttara samudraṁ)
Thai: ทะเลเหนือ (tá-lee-nʉ̌ʉa)
Turkish: Kuzey Denizi (tr)
Turkmen: Demirgazyk deňzi
Ukrainian: Півні́чне мо́ре n (Pivníčne móre)
Urdu: بحیرہ شمال (bahr-e-śamāl)
Uzbek: Shimoliy dengiz
Vietnamese: Bắc Hải (vi), Biển Bắc
Welsh: Môr y Gogledd m
West Frisian: Noardsee
Yiddish: צפֿון ים m (tsofn-yam)

Anagrams

anthrose, horse ant

Scots

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North Sea

Etymology

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Proper noun

The North Sea.

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