North Sea

English

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Etymology

From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north +‎ sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee (“North Sea”), German Nordsee (“North Sea”), Swedish Nordsjön (“North Sea”), Icelandic Norðursjór (“North Sea”).

Proper noun

North Sea

1. An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).

Synonyms

• (obsolete) German Ocean, German Sea

Translations

an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean betwwen Britain, Scandinavia and Germanym, the Neatherlands, Belgium and France

• Afrikaans: Noordsee (af)
• Arabic: بحر الشمال (ar) (báħar aš-šamāl) m
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային ծով (hy) (Hyusisayin çov)
• Catalan: Mar del Nord (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北海 (cmn) (běi hǎi)

• Czech: Severní moře (cs) n
• Danish: Nordsøen (da)
• Dutch: Noordzee (nl)
• Esperanto: Norda Maro (eo)
• Estonian: Põhjameri (et)
• Faroese: Norðsjógvurin (fo) m
• Finnish: Pohjanmeri (fi)
• French: Mer du Nord (fr) f
• German: Nordsee (de) f
• Greek: Βόρεια Θάλασσα (el) (Vóreia Thálassa) f
• Hebrew: הים הצפוני (he) (ha-yam ha-tsafóni) m
• Hungarian: Északi-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Norðursjór (is) m
• Indonesian: Laut Utara (id)
• Italian: Mar del Nord (it) f

• Japanese: 北海 (ja) (ほっかい, Hokkai)
• Jèrriais: Mé du Nord f
• Korean: 북해 (ko) (bokhae)
• Latin: Mare Germanicum (la) n
• Macedonian: Северно Море (mk) (Séverno Móre) n
• Malay: Laut Utara (ms)
• Maltese: il-Baħar ta' Tramuntana (mt) m
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Tónteel
• Norwegian: Nordsjøen (no)
• Old English: Norþsǣ (ang) f
• Polish: Morze Północne (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar do Norte (pt) m
• Romanian: Marea Nordului (ro)
• Russian: Северное море (ru) (Sévernoje móre) n
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhuir a Tuath (gd) f, Muir Lochlainn (gd) f, An Cuan a Tuath (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северно море (sh) n, Сјеверно море (sh) n

  Roman: Severno more (sh) n, Sjeverno more (sh) n

• Slovak: Severné more (sk) n
• Spanish: Mar del Norte (es) m
• Swedish: Nordsjön (sv)
• Welsh: Môr y Gogledd (cy)