China Seas

Definitions

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.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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