Philippine Sea

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Philippine Sea

1. A marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean to the north and east of the Philippines.
   • 1979, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal‎^[1], New York: Berkley Books, published 1980, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 57:

     After refueling and taking on supplies in New Guinea, we steamed north and east to support the landings on Kwajalein and Eniwetok and the thrusts against the island of Truk. We participated in the famous "Turkey Shoot" in the Marianas, during which we decimated the enemy's forces. Then we joined the task force gearing up for the battle of the Philippine Sea.

Translations

sea

• Afrikaans: Filippynse See
• Albanian: Filipine deti
• Arabic: بَحْر الْفِلِبِّين m (baḥr al-filibbīn)
• Armenian: Ֆիլիպինյան ծով (Filipinyan cov)
• Azerbaijani: Filippin dənizi
• Basque: Filipinetako itsasoa
• Belarusian: Філіпінскія мора n (Filipinskija móra)
• Bengali: ফিলিপাইন সাগর (philipain śagor)
• Bulgarian: Филипинско море n (Filipinsko more)
• Catalan: mar de les Filipines m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菲律賓海／菲律宾海 (Fēilǜbīn Hǎi)

• Czech: Filipínské moře n
• Danish: Filippinske Hav n
• Dutch: Filipijnenzee m
• Esperanto: Filipina maro
• Estonian: Filipiini meri
• Finnish: Filippiinienmeri
• French: mer des Philippines (fr) f
• Galician: Mar de Filipinas m
• Georgian: ფილიპინის ზღვა (piliṗinis zɣva)
• German: Philippinensee m
• Greek: Θάλασσα των Φιλιππίνων f (Thálassa ton Filippínon)
• Gujarati: ફિલિપાઇન્સનો સમુદ્ર (philipāinsano samudra)
• Hebrew: ים הפיליפינים m (yám he-filipínit)
• Hindi: फ़िलिपीन सागर (filipīn sāgar)
• Hungarian: Filippínó-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Filippseyjahaf n
• Indonesian: Laut Filipina
• Irish: Muir Filipíneach f
• Italian: mare delle Filippine f
• Japanese: フィリピン海 (ja) (フィリピン-かい, Firipin-kai), 比律賓海 (フィリピンかい, firipinkai) (archaic)
• Kazakh: Филиппин теңізі (Filippin teñızı)
• Khmer: សមុទ្រហ្វីលីពីន (sɑɑmutrɔɔhviiliipiin)
• Korean: 필리핀해 (pillipinhae)
• Kyrgyz: Филиппин деңизи (Filippin deŋizi)
• Lao: ທະເລຟິລິບປິນ (tha lē fi lip pin)
• Latvian: Filipīnu jūra f
• Lithuanian: Filipinų jūra
• Macedonian: Филипинско Море n (Filipinsko More)
• Malay: Laut Filipina
• Malayalam: ഫിലിപ്പൈൻ കടൽ (philippaiṉ kaṭal)
• Marathi: फिलिपाईन समुद्र (philipāīn samudra)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Filippinerhavet

  Nynorsk: Filippinarhavet

• Persian: دریای فیلیپین (daryâ-ye filippin)
• Polish: Morze Filipińskie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar das Filipinas m
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਲਪੀਨ ਸਾਗਰ (filpīn sāgar)
• Romanian: Marea Filipinelor f
• Russian: Филиппи́нское мо́ре n (Filippínskoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Филипинско море n

  Roman: Filipinsko more n

• Slovak: Filipinské more n
• Slovene: Filipinsko morje n
• Spanish: Mar de Filipinas m
• Swedish: Filippinska sjön c
• Tagalog: Dagat Pilipinas
• Tamil: பிலிப்பைன் கடல் (pilippaiṉ kaṭal)
• Telugu: ఫిలిప్పియన్ సముద్రం (philippiyan samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลฟิลิปปิน (tá-lee fí-lí-bpin)
• Turkish: Filipin denizi
• Ukrainian: Філіппі́нське мо́ре n (Filippínsʹke móre)
• Uzbek: Filippin dengizi
• Vietnamese: biển Philippines
• West Frisian: Filipynske See