Mediterranean Sea

mediterranean sea English Etymology en la-lat Mare Mediterraneum. Pronunciation en /ˌmɛ.dɪ.təˈɹeɪ.nɪ.ən ˈsiː/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mediterranean sea.wav Southern England en /ˌmɛ.də.təˈɹeɪ.ni.ən ˈsi/ /ˌmɛ.də.təˈɹeɪ.njən ˈsi/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Mediterranean Sea.wav US en Me di ter ra nean Sea Proper noun Mediterranean Sea 1 en Q4918en The <<sea>> between <<cont/Europe>> and <<cont/Africa>>. en 14 October 2026 Alison Francis Rebecca Morelle Kevin Church World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey BBC News The archaeologists who found the ship say it was about 10m in length and was a trade vessel carrying cargo across the Mediterranean Sea. 14 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261014063722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6gr80rk1yyko en Middle Ocean Terrene Sea Great Sea Hinder Sea Sea of the Philistines The Sea Wendel Sea Western Sea dated obsolete biblical biblical biblical biblical historical biblical Translations sea between Europe and Africa Afrikaans: af Middellandse See Albanian: sq Deti Mesdhe m Amharic: am ሜድትራኒያን ባሕር Arabic: ar البَحْرُ الأَبْيَضُ الْمُتَوَسِّط m, ar البَحْرُ المُتَوَسِّط m, ar بَحْرُ الشَّام m obsolete, ar بَحْرُ الرُّوم m obsolete Aragonese: an Mar Mediterrania Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܵܡܵܐ ܚܘܵܪܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ m yama ḳwara miṣʿaya Armenian: hy Միջերկրական ծով Old Armenian: xcl Յունաց ծով Asturian: ast Mar Mediterraneu Azerbaijani: az Aralıq dənizi Basque: eu Mediterraneo itsasoa Belarusian: be Міжзе́мнае мо́ра n Bengali: bn ভূমধ্যসাগর Breton: br Mor Kreizdouar Bulgarian: bg Средизе́мно море́ n Burmese: my မြေထဲပင်လယ် Catalan: ca Mar Mediterrània f, ca Mar Mediterrani m, ca Mediterrània f, ca Mediterrani m Cebuano: ceb Dagat Mediteranyo Chinese: Cantonese: yue 地中海 dei6 zung1 hoi2 Mandarin: cmn 地中海 Dìzhōnghǎi Cornish: kw an Kresvor m Corsican: co Mar Mediterraniu m, co Mari Mediterraniu m Crimean Tatar: crh Aq deñiz Czech: cs Středozemní moře n Danish: da Middelhavet n Dutch: nl Middellandse Zee f Esperanto: eo Mediteraneo Estonian: et Vahemeri Extremaduran: ext Mari Mediterráneu Faroese: fo Miðjarðarhav Finnish: fi Välimeri French: fr mer Méditerranée f, fr Méditerranée f Middle French: frm mer Mediterranee f, frm mer Miterraine f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Madlunsia West Frisian: fy Middellânske See Galician: gl Mar Mediterráneo Georgian: ka ხმელთაშუა ზღვა German: de Mittelmeer n Old High German: goh Wentilsēo Greek: el Μεσόγειος Θάλασσα f, el Μεσόγειος f Gujarati: gu ભૂમધ્ય સાગર Hausa: ha Bahar Rum Hawaiian: haw Kai Waena Honua Hebrew: he הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן ha-yam ha-tikhón Hindi: hi भूमध्य सागर m Hungarian: hu Földközi-tenger Icelandic: is Miðjarðarhaf n Indonesian: id Laut Mediterania, id Laut Tengah middle sea Irish: ga Meánmhuir an Mheánmhuir f Italian: it Mar Mediterraneo m, it Mediterraneo m, it Medioceano m Japanese: ja 地中海 ちちゅうかい, Chichūkai Kannada: kn ಮೆಡಿಟರೇನಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ Kashubian: csb Strzódzemné Mòrze n Kazakh: kk Жерорта теңізі Khmer: km សមុទ្រ មេឌីទែរ៉ានេ Korean: ko ^지중해(地中海) Kumyk: kum Орта денгизи Orta deñizi Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Deryaya Navîn Kyrgyz: ky Жер ортолук деңиз Lao: lo ທະເລເມດີແຕກລາເນ Latin: la Mare Mediterraneum n, la Mare Nostrum n, la Mare Internum n Latvian: lv Vidusjūra f Lithuanian: lt Viduržemio jūra Luxembourgish: lb Mëttelmier Macedonian: mk Средозе́мно Море n Malay: ms Laut Mediterranean, ms Laut Rum Rome sea, ms Laut Tengah middle sea Malayalam: ml മധ്യധരണ്യാഴി Maltese: mt Baħar Mediterran il-Baħar Mediterran Mansi: Northern Mansi: mns-nor Ма̄ халт ся̄рысь Māori: mi Moana o waenga Marathi: mr भूमध्य समुद्र Middle English: enm Grete See Mingrelian: xmf სქირონაშქა ზუღა Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Газрын Дундад тэнгис Nepali: ne मेडिटरिनियन सागर Norman: nrf Méditerrannée f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Middelhavet n Nynorsk: nn Middelhavet n Occitan: oc Mar Mediterranèa f Odia: or ଭୂମଧ୍ୟ ସାଗର Old English: ang Wendelsǣ f Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Штредожемне морйо n, rsk Стредожемне морйо n Persian: fa دریای مدیترانه daryâ-ye mediterâne, fa دریای روم daryâ-ye rum, fa دریای شام daryâ-ye šâm, fa دریای میانه daryâ-ye miyâne Plautdietsch: pdt Meddelmäa n Polish: pl Morze Śródziemne n Portuguese: pt Mediterrâneo m, pt Mar Mediterrâneo m Punjabi: pa ਭੂ-ਮੱਧ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ Romanian: ro Marea Mediterană f Romansh: rm Mar Mediterrana Russian: ru Средизе́мное мо́ре n Scottish Gaelic: gd Muir Mheadhanach A' Mhuir Mheadhanach f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Средоземно море n Latin: sh Sredozemno more n Sicilian: scn Mari Miditirràniu m, scn Miditirràniu m Slovak: sk Stredozemné more Slovene: sl Sredozemsko morje n Somali: so Bada Dhexe Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Srjejźne mórjo n Upper Sorbian: hsb Srjedźne morjo n Spanish: es mar Mediterráneo m, es Mediterráneo m Swahili: sw Bahari ya Mediterania, sw Bahari ya Kati Swedish: sv Medelhavet n Tagalog: tl Dagat Mediteraneo Tajik: tg Баҳри Миёназамин Tamil: ta நடுநிலக் கடல் Telugu: te మధ్యధరా సముద్రం Thai: th ทะเลเมดิเตอร์เรเนียน tá-lee mee-dì-dtə̂ə-ree-niian Turkish: tr Akdeniz Ottoman Turkish: ota بحر روم Bahr-i Rûm, ota بحر سفید Bahr-i Sefid, ota اق دڭز Ak deñiz Turkmen: tk Ortaýer deňzi Ukrainian: uk Середзе́мне мо́ре n Urdu: ur بحیرہ روم f bahīrā rum Uyghur: ug يەر ئوتتۇرا دېڭىزى Uzbek: uz Oq dengiz Vietnamese: vi Địa Trung Hải (vi 地中海) Volapük: vo Zänodamel Walloon: wa Mîtrinne Mer Welsh: cy Môr y Canoldir m Yiddish: yi מיטלענדישער ים mitlendisher yam m Further reading en Seas Albania Algeria Cyprus Egypt France Greece Israel Italy Lebanon Libya Malta Monaco Morocco Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey