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China Seas
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English
Proper noun
p China Seas 1
A series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean around China, including the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
en August 18, 1866 LAST NEWS OF ANNA BISHOP The Musical World https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-world_1866-08-18_44_33/ London 44 33 317141877 521 https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-world_1866-08-18_44_33/page/521 Intelligence has been received at Hong Kong of the total loss of the ship Libelle while on a voyage to that port from San Francisco, having on board a valuable cargo and specie to the extent of £76,000 in dollars, and a number of passengers, among whom were Madame Anna Bishop, Miss Phelan, Mr. M. Schrutz, and Mr. Charles Lascelles, of the English Opera Company, who, with other artists, were on a musical tour. The ship was cast away on the night of the 4th of March, on an uninhabited and dangerous reef called Wake Island, in the China Seas.
Translations
series of marginal seas
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 中國海 Zhōngguóhǎi
Finnish: fi Kiinan reunameret
French: fr mer de Chine f
Spanish: es Mar de China m
Anagrams
en aacehinss Saaniches
en Seas