South Seas

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South Seas

The oceans south of the equator, especially the southern Pacific Ocean. The name South Sea, or El Mar del Sur, was originally used by Balboa for the entire Pacific Ocean (discovered in 1513).

South Seas

pl n

(Placename) the seas south of the equator

Translations

South Seas npl
the South Seas → les mers fpl du Sud

South Seas npl the South Seas → i Mari del Sud

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Axstone blackbird Blackbirding Davys evocatively history island Kanaka lyrical lyrically Methysticin Metrosideros nose flute sea south South Sea South Sea Bubble South Sea Islands The Consolidated Fund			Here, again, it seems wisest to leave the remaining adventures in the South Seas to the reader's own discovery, simply stating that, after a sojourn at the Society Islands, Melville shipped for Honolulu. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context The South Seas is populous with treasure-hunters--" Almost could Daughtry have sworn that he had seen a flash of anxiety break through the dream-films that bleared the Ancient Mariner's eyes. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context But be easy, be easy, this here harpooneer I have been tellin' you of has just arrived from the south seas, where he bought up a lot of 'balmed New Zealand heads (great curios, you know), and he's sold all on 'em but one, and that one he's trying to sell to-night, cause to-morrow's Sunday, and it would not do to be sellin' human heads about the streets when folks is goin' to churches. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			South Korea South Korean South Korean monetary unit South Korean won South Lanarkshire South Loup South Nahanni South of Houston South Orkney Islands South Ossetia South Pacific South Pacific Ocean South Pass South Picene South Platte South Platte River South Polar Region South Pole South River South San Francisco South Sandwich Islands South Saskatchewan South Sea South Sea Bubble South Sea Islands South Seas South Shetland Islands South Shields south side South Slavic south southeast South southerly south southwest South Temperate Zone South Tyneside South Tyrol South Vietnam South Vietnamese South Wales South West Africa South Whittier south wind South Yemen South Yorkshire South-African yellowwood south-central South-Central Dravidian south-east South-East Asia south-easterly south-eastern			South San Joaquin Irrigation District South San Jose Youth Soccer League South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Trench South Santee River South Santee River South Santiam Watershed Council South Saskatchewan South Saskatchewan South Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League South Saskatchewan Regiment South Saskatchewan River South Saskatchewan River South Saskatchewan River Basin South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra South Sea South Sea South Sea (South China Sea) South Sea (South China Sea) South Sea bubble South Sea bubble South Sea bubble South Sea Evangelical Church South Sea Imports South Sea Islander South Sea Islands South Sea Islands South Seabrook Marine District South Seas South Seas Group, Inc. South Seattle Crime Prevention Council South Seminole Heights Civic Association South Seminole Middle School South Shetland South Shetland South Shetland Islands South Shetland Islands South Shetlands South Shetlands South Shields South Shields South Shields (town) South Shields (town) South Shore Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth South Shore Atari Group South Shore Babe Ruth South Shore Baptist Church South Shore Baseball Club South Shore Bay Band South Shore Building Service, Inc. South Shore Christian Academy South Shore Christian Fellowship South Shore Circus Concert Band South Shore Community Action Council, Inc. South Shore Community Broadband South Shore Community Services LLC South Shore Concert Band South Shore District Health Authority

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