Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white sea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: white sea
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sea to the northwest of Russia.

Example Sentences

"We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon."

Etymology

Calque of Russian Белое море (Beloje more)

Inflected Forms

the White Sea (canonical)

Questions

What does white sea mean?: A sea to the northwest of Russia.
Where does white sea come from?: Calque of Russian Белое море (Beloje more)

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