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INLAND SEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
Holonyms ("Inland Sea" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)