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the four seas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
the -four seas
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).

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The four seas bordering the United Kingdom: the English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.

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What does the four seas mean?
Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).

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