seven seas

English

Alternative forms

• Seven Seas

Etymology

The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

Noun

the seven seas pl (plural only)

1. (poetic) All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.
   • 1983, David A. Stewart, Annie Lennox (lyrics and music), “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, performed by Eurythmics:

     I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something

Derived terms

• Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

Translations

all of the Earths oceans

• Arabic: اَلْبِحَار اَلسَّبْعَة (al-biḥār as-sabʕa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七海 (zh) (qīhǎi)

• Danish: de syv have n pl
• French: sept mers (fr) f pl
• German: sieben Meere f pl
• Italian: sette mari f
• Japanese: 七つの海 (ja) (ななつのうみ, nanatsu no umi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: de sju hav n pl

  Nynorsk: dei sju hav n pl

• Polish: siedem mórz
• Portuguese: sete mares m pl
• Russian: семь море́й (semʹ moréj)
• Thai: เจ็ดคาบสมุทร, เจ็ดย่านน้ำ