"seven seas" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=seven seas}} seven seas pl (plural only)
  1. (poetic) All of the oceans of the world. (In a common modern interpretation, the seven seas are the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic, but historical interpretations differ widely; see the Wikipedia article for this.) Wikipedia link: seven seas Tags: plural, plural-only, poetic Categories (topical): Seven Synonyms: Seven Seas Derived forms: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Translations (all of the Earths oceans): اَلْبِحَار اَلسَّبْعَة (al-biḥār as-sabʕa) (Arabic), 七海 (qīhǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), de syv have [neuter, plural] (Danish), sept mers [feminine, plural] (French), sieben Meere (German), sette mari [feminine] (Italian), 七つの海 (nanatsu no umi) (alt: ななつのうみ) (Japanese), de sju hav [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), dei sju hav [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), siedem mórz (Polish), sete mares [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), семь море́й (semʹ moréj) (Russian), เจ็ดคาบสมุทร (Thai), เจ็ดย่านน้ำ (Thai)

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