marginal sea

English

Noun

marginal sea (plural marginal seas)

1. A part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
   • 1950 August 20, “3 States Ask Control Of Marginal Sea Oil”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Attorneys General of California, Louisiana and Maryland today urged continued state control of oil operations on land beneath marginal seas while the dispute over whether the states or the Federal Government owns these lands is being settled.

Translations

part of ocean

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邊緣海 / 边缘海 (zh) (biānyuánhǎi), 陸緣海 / 陆缘海 (lùyuánhǎi)

• Dutch: randzee (nl) f
• Finnish: reunameri (fi)
• German: Randmeer (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: randhav (no) n

  Nynorsk: randhav n

• Russian: окра́инное мо́ре n (okráinnoje móre)
• Spanish: mar marginal m