Coral Sea

English

Etymology

Named for coral formations in this sea, such as the Great Barrier Reef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹəl ˈsiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Coral Sea

1. A marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean off the north-east coast of Australia.

Derived terms

• Coral Sea Islands Territory

Translations

part of the Pacific Ocean

• Afrikaans: Koraalsee
• Arabic: بَحْر كُورَال m (baḥr kurāl)
• Armenian: Կորալյան ծով (hy) (Koralyan cov)
• Azerbaijani: Mərcan dənizi
• Basque: Koral itsasoa
• Belarusian: Каралавае мора n (Karalavaje móra)
• Bengali: মরজানী সায়র (môrjanī śaẏôr)
• Breton: Mor Kouralek m
• Bulgarian: Коралово море n (Koralovo more)
• Burmese: သန္တာပင်လယ် (santapanglai)
• Catalan: mar del Corall m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珊瑚海 (zh) (Shānhúhǎi)

• Czech: Korálové moře f
• Danish: Koralhavet n
• Dutch: Koraalzee (nl) m
• Esperanto: Korala maro
• Estonian: Korallimeri
• Finnish: Korallimeri (fi)
• French: mer de Corail (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Koraalsee

• Galician: Mar do Coral m
• Georgian: მარჯნის ზღვა (marǯnis zɣva)
• German: Korallenmeer (de) n
• Greek: Θάλασσα των Κοραλλίων f (Thálassa ton Korallíon)
• Hindi: कोरल सागर (koral sāgar)
• Hungarian: Korall-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Kóralhaf n
• Indonesian: Laut Karang
• Irish: an Mhuir Choiréil f
• Italian: mar dei Coralli f
• Japanese: 珊瑚海 (ja) (さんごかい, Sangokai)
• Kazakh: Маржанды теңіз (Marjandy teñız)
• Korean: 산호해(珊瑚海) (Sanhohae)
• Kumyk: Маржан денгизи (Marjan deñizi)
• Kyrgyz: Коралл деңизи (Korall deŋizi)
• Latvian: Koraļļu jūra f
• Lithuanian: Koralų jūra f
• Macedonian: Корално Море n (Koralno More)
• Malay: Laut Karang
• Malayalam: കോറൽ കടൽ (kōṟal kaṭal)
• Marathi: कॉरल समुद्र (kŏral samudra)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Korallhavet n

  Nynorsk: Korallhavet n

• Persian: دریای مرجان (daryâ-ye marjân)
• Polish: Morze Koralowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar de Coral m
• Punjabi: ਕੋਰਲ ਸਾਗਰ (koral sāgar)
• Romanian: Marea Coralilor f
• Russian: Кора́лловое мо́ре n (Korállovoje móre)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Корално море n, Кораљно море n

  Latin: Koralno more n, Koraljno more n

• Slovak: Koralové more n
• Slovene: Koralno morje n
• Spanish: mar del Coral m
• Swedish: Korallhavet n
• Tamil: பவளக் கடல் (pavaḷak kaṭal)
• Telugu: పగడపు సముద్రం (pagaḍapu samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลคอรัล (tá-lee kɔɔ-ral)
• Turkish: Mercan Denizi
• Turkmen: Merjen deňzi
• Ukrainian: Кора́лове мо́ре n (Korálove móre)
• Uzbek: Marjon dengizi
• Vietnamese: biển San hô
• Welsh: Môr Cwrel m

See also

• Great Barrier Reef

Anagrams

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