sea
Definitions
General English
Astronomy
(written as Sea)
Archaic term sometimes used for the lunar Maria (Mare), which are in fact extremely dry plains of lava
Aviation
- noun a body of salt water between land masses
- noun a particular area of a body of salt water
Military
- noun a mass of salt water, which covers most of the earth’s surface
Origin & History of “sea”
Sea is a widespread Germanic
word, related to German
see, Dutch
zee, Swedish
sjö, and Danish
sø (the Scandinavian words are now
more usually used for ‘lake’
than ‘sea’).
these all
point back to a prehistoric Germanic *
saiwiz, but it is not known
where that came
from.
