HyperDic: bismarck_sea

English > 2 senses of the expression Bismarck Sea:
NOUNobjectBismarck Seaan arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago
actBismarck Sea, battle of the Bismarck Seaa naval battle in World War II
English > Bismarck Sea: 2 senses > noun 1, object
MeaningAn arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago.
Instance ofseaA division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
Region ofBismarck Sea, battle of the Bismarck SeaA naval battle in World War II
SpanishMar de Bismarck
CatalanMar de Bismarck
English > Bismarck Sea: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningA naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943.
Synonymbattle of the Bismarck Sea
Instance ofnaval battleA pitched battle between naval fleets
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
RegionBismarck SeaAn arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago

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