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seven seas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en seas
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of seven seas.

Example Sentences

Etymology

The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

Inflected Forms

the seven seas (canonical, plural)

Phrases

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

Questions

What does seven seas mean?
All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.
Where does seven seas come from?
The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

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