mediterranean
Part of speech: noun
An inland sea between Europe and Africa; length, 2, 100 miles; about 250 to 700 miles wide; 976, 781 square miles.
Usage examples "mediterranean":
- After having been on the glaring Mediterranean all day I could hardly keep my eyes open, and retired before the last carriage had driven away. - "In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875.", L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone.
- She is shipwrecked in the Mediterranean, but is rescued by a passing vessel bound for Britain. - "A Maid at King Alfred’s Court", Lucy Foster Madison.
- In the second century B. C., the shipping of Seville made it one of the most important trade centres of the Mediterranean. - "Cathedrals of Spain", John A. (John Allyne) Gade.