Coral Sea

An arm of the southwest Pacific Ocean bounded by northeast Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It was the scene of a US World War II naval victory in May 1942.

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Coral Sea

(Placename) the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu

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Cor′al Sea′

a part of the S Pacific bounded by NE Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

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Noun	1.	Coral Sea - an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia battle of the Coral Sea, Coral Sea - a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world
	2.	Coral Sea - a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers battle of the Coral Sea Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 Coral Sea - an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia

Translations

Coral Sea

[ˌkɒrəlˈsiː] n
the Coral Sea → la mer de Corail

Coral Sea

n the Coral Sea → il mar dei Coralli