"South Sea" meaning in English

See South Sea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the South Sea [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=South Sea}} the South Sea
  1. A southern region of the Pacific Ocean that surrounds the archipelagoes of Polynesia and Melanesia. Categories (place): Oceans
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  2. (obsolete) The Pacific Ocean. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-South_Sea-en-name-MLwWjH7x
  3. (obsolete) The Southern Ocean. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-South_Sea-en-name-G2e~jEp6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (southern region of Pacific Ocean): Mar del Sud [masculine] (Catalan), Stille Zuidzee [feminine] (Dutch), Etelämeri (Finnish), mer du Sud [feminine] (French), Südsee [feminine] (German), הַיָּם הַדְרוֹמִי [masculine] (Hebrew), mar del sur [masculine] (Spanish), Söderhavet (Swedish), söderhav [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'southern region of Pacific Ocean': 47 44 9
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