"Mare Nostrum" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.trũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmaː.re ˈnɔs.trum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Maris Nostrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mare Nostrum [nominative, singular], Maris Nostrī [genitive, singular], Marī Nostrō [dative, singular], Mare Nostrum [accusative, singular], Marī Nostrō [ablative, singular], Mare Nostrum [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Literally, “Our Sea”. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|Our Sea}} “Our Sea”, {{lit|Our Sea}} Literally, “Our Sea” Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Mare<3.N.I.pure> Nostrum<+>}} Mare Nostrum n sg (genitive Maris Nostrī); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Mare<3.N.I.pure> Nostrum<+>}}
  1. Mediterranean Sea (the sea between Europe and Africa) Tags: declension-3, neuter, singular Synonyms: Mare Magnum, Mare Internum, Mare Mediterrāneum

Inflected forms

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          "english": "[…] many of their tribes having been brought to that place by Tigranes the Great, but [some having come] willingly to the Mediterranean and the Egyptian coast […]",
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