Definition of Inland Sea

1. Noun. 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.

Group relationships: Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Generic synonyms: Sea

Definition of Inland Sea

1. Proper noun. the body of water that separates the three main islands of Japan ¹

2. Noun. A large, but relatively shallow expanse of water, within a land mass, sometimes connected to the ocean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inland Sea

Ingria
Ingrian
Ingrid
Ingrid Bergman
Ingush
Ingush Autonomous Oblast
Ingushes
Ingushetia
Ingvaeonic
Inigo Jones
Initialwörter
Injun
Inka
Inklings
Inland Revenue
Inland Sea (current term)
Inna
Inner Hebrides
Inner Light
Inner Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Inner Tibet
Innocent III
Innocents' Day
Innsbruck
Innu
Innu-aimun
Innuit
Innuits
Ino

Literary usage of Inland Sea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"... surrounding counties, for " the benefit of the subject,—why should not the right of fishing " in this inland sea be enjoyed and exercised by the public, ..."

2. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"CHAPTER VI Gulf claimed as a "Spanish Inland Sea"—Discovery of Mississippi made from headwaters to Sea—Indefatigable French Explorers of Canada— Rumors of ..."

3. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The largest of the lakes of Japan is the poetic and romantically beautiful Lake of Omi (see Index). The Inland Sea (Seto Uchi, ..."

4. Missionary Review of the World (1917)
"A BAPTISMAL SERVICE IN THE "Inland Sea" One result of the labors of the Missionary Gospel Ship A Missionary Captain and His Gospel Ship The Story of Captain ..."

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