"Yellow Sea" meaning in English

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Etymology: Calque of Chinese 黃海/黄海 (literally “yellow (color) sea”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|*黃海/黄海|lit=yellow (color) sea}} 黃海/黄海 (literally “yellow (color) sea”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Yellow Sea}} Yellow Sea
  1. An arm of the Pacific Ocean between mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Wikipedia link: Yellow Sea Categories (place): China, North Korea, Seas, South Korea Synonyms: North China Sea Related terms: Yellow River Translations (Asian sea): Geelsee (Afrikaans), Deti i Verdhë (Albanian), ቢጫው ባሕር (bič̣aw baḥr) (Amharic), الْبَحْر الْأَصْفَر (al-baḥr al-ʔaṣfar) [masculine] (Arabic), Դեղին ծով (Deġin cov) (Armenian), Sarı dəniz (Azerbaijani), Itsaso Horia (Basque), Жо́ўтае мо́ра (Žóŭtaje móra) [neuter] (Belarusian), হলুদ দরিয়া (holud doriẏa) (Bengali), Mor Melen [masculine] (Breton), Жъ́лто море́ (Žǎ́lto moré) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဟိုင်ပင်လယ် (huingpanglai) (Burmese), Mar Groga [feminine] (Catalan), 黃海 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄海 (Huánghǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), Žluté moře [neuter] (Czech), Gule Hav [neuter] (Danish), Gele Zee [feminine] (Dutch), Flava Maro (Esperanto), Kollane meri (Estonian), Atek-dõbʋkɔ (Farefare), Keltainenmeri (Finnish), mer Jaune [feminine] (French), Mar Amarelo [masculine] (Galician), ყვითელი ზღვა (q̇viteli zɣva) (Georgian), Gelbes Meer [neuter] (German), Κίτρινη Θάλασσα (Kítrini Thálassa) [feminine] (Greek), הים הצהוב (ha-yam ha-tsahóv) [masculine] (Hebrew), पीला सागर (pīlā sāgar) [masculine] (Hindi), Sárga-tenger (Hungarian), Gulahaf [neuter] (Icelandic), Laut Kuning (Indonesian), An Mhuir Bhuí [feminine] (Irish), Mar Giallo (Italian), 黄海 (Kōkai) (alt: こうかい) (Japanese), Сары теңіз (Sary teñız) (Kazakh), សមុទ្រលឿង (sɑɑmutrɔɔlɨəng) (Khmer), 황해 (Hwanghae) (alt: 黃海) (Korean), Сары деңиз (Sarı deŋiz) (Kyrgyz), ທະເລເຫຼືອງ (tha lē lư̄ang) (Lao), Mare Flavum [neuter] (Latin), Dzeltenā jūra (Latvian), Geltonoji jūra (Lithuanian), Gielt Mier (Luxembourgish), Жолто Море (Žolto More) [neuter] (Macedonian), Laut Kuning (Malay), മഞ്ഞക്കടൽ (maññakkaṭal) (Malayalam), il-Baħar l-Isfar [masculine] (Maltese), Yn Vooir Vuigh [feminine] (Manx), पिवळा समुद्र (pivḷā samudra) [masculine] (Marathi), Шар тэнгис (Šar tengis) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Derya Zer (Northern Kurdish), Gulehavet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Gulehavet [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دریای زرد (daryâ-ye zard) (Persian), Morze Żółte [neuter] (Polish), Mar Amarelo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਪੀਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (pīḷā samundar) (Punjabi), Marea Galbenă [feminine] (Romanian), Жёлтое мо́ре (Žóltoje móre) [neuter] (Russian), Жуто мо̑ре [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), Žuto mȏre [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), Žlté more [neuter] (Slovak), Rumeno morje [neuter] (Slovene), mar Amarillo [masculine] (Spanish), Gula havet [neuter] (Swedish), Dagat Dilaw (Tagalog), Баҳри Зард (Bahri Zard) (Tajik), மஞ்சள் கடல் (mañcaḷ kaṭal) (Tamil), పసుపు సముద్రం (pasupu samudraṁ) (Telugu), ทะเลเหลือง (tá-lee lʉ̌ʉang) (Thai), Sarıdeniz (Turkish), Жо́вте мо́ре (Žóvte móre) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Sériq Déngiz (Uyghur), Hoàng Hải (alt: 黃海) (Vietnamese), Môr Melyn [masculine] (Welsh), Giele See (West Frisian)

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          "roman": "ha-yam ha-tsahóv",
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "word": "Gulahaf"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "An Mhuir Bhuí"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "alt": "こうかい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Kōkai",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Sary teñız",
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "alt": "黃海",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Hwanghae",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "황해"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "서해(西海) (Seohae, literally “West Sea”)",
          "sense": "Asian sea"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Derya Zer"
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          "roman": "Sarı deŋiz",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Сары деңиз"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "tha lē lư̄ang",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "ທະເລເຫຼືອງ"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "word": "Mare Flavum"
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "roman": "pīḷā samundar",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "ਪੀਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ"
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "word": "Marea Galbenă"
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          "roman": "Žóltoje móre",
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          "word": "Жуто мо̑ре"
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "word": "Žuto mȏre"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "Gula havet"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Dagat Dilaw"
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          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Bahri Zard",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Баҳри Зард"
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          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "மஞ்சள் கடல்"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pasupu samudraṁ",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "పసుపు సముద్రం"
        },
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          "roman": "tá-lee lʉ̌ʉang",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "ทะเลเหลือง"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Sarıdeniz"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Žóvte móre",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Жо́вте мо́ре"
        },
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Sériq Déngiz"
        },
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          "alt": "黃海",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Hoàng Hải"
        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Môr Melyn"
        },
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "Asian sea",
          "word": "Giele See"
        }
      ],
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        "Yellow Sea"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "Yellow Sea"
}
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          "text": "The combined East China Sea and Yellow Sea (ECS/YS) covers roughly 1,250,000 km² and is one of the most developed continental shelf areas in the world (Yanagi and Takahashi, 1993). While the Yellow Sea (YS) covers a relatively large area, it is quite shallow reaching a maximum depth of about 140 m (Figure 1). The water depth over most of the area is less than 50 m.",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Жо́ўтае мо́ра"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "ဟိုင်ပင်လယ်"
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Atek-dõbʋkɔ"
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "word": "ყვითელი ზღვა"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kítrini Thálassa",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Κίτρινη Θάλασσα"
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ha-yam ha-tsahóv",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "הים הצהוב"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pīlā sāgar",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "पीला सागर"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Sárga-tenger"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gulahaf"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Laut Kuning"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Mhuir Bhuí"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Mar Giallo"
    },
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      "alt": "こうかい",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kōkai",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "黄海"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Sary teñız",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Сары теңіз"
    },
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑɑmutrɔɔlɨəng",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "សមុទ្រលឿង"
    },
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      "alt": "黃海",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Hwanghae",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "황해"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "서해(西海) (Seohae, literally “West Sea”)",
      "sense": "Asian sea"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Derya Zer"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Sarı deŋiz",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Сары деңиз"
    },
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "tha lē lư̄ang",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "ທະເລເຫຼືອງ"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Mare Flavum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Dzeltenā jūra"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Geltonoji jūra"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Gielt Mier"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Žolto More",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Жолто Море"
    },
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Laut Kuning"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "maññakkaṭal",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "മഞ്ഞക്കടൽ"
    },
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "il-Baħar l-Isfar"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Yn Vooir Vuigh"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pivḷā samudra",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पिवळा समुद्र"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Šar tengis",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Шар тэнгис"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gulehavet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gulehavet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "daryâ-ye zard",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "دریای زرد"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Morze Żółte"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mar Amarelo"
    },
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "pīḷā samundar",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "ਪੀਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Marea Galbenă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Žóltoje móre",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Жёлтое мо́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Жуто мо̑ре"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Žuto mȏre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Žlté more"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rumeno morje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mar Amarillo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gula havet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Dagat Dilaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Bahri Zard",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Баҳри Зард"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mañcaḷ kaṭal",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "மஞ்சள் கடல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pasupu samudraṁ",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "పసుపు సముద్రం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tá-lee lʉ̌ʉang",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "ทะเลเหลือง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Sarıdeniz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Žóvte móre",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Жо́вте мо́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Sériq Déngiz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "黃海",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Hoàng Hải"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Môr Melyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Asian sea",
      "word": "Giele See"
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  ],
  "word": "Yellow Sea"
}

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