North Sea

English

Etymology

From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north +‎ sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the North Sea

2. A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).

Synonyms

• (obsolete) German Ocean, German Sea

Derived terms

• North Sea oil

Translations

a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France

• Afrikaans: Noordsee
• Albanian: Deti i Veriut
• Amharic: ሰሜን ባሕር (sämen baḥr)
• Arabic: بَحَر اَلشَّمَال m (baḥar aš-šamāl)
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային ծով (Hyusisayin cov)
• Azerbaijani: Şimal dənizi
• Basque: Ipar itsasoa
• Belarusian: Паўночнае мора n (Paŭnóčnaje móra)
• Bengali: উত্তর সাগর (uttor śagor)
• Breton: Mor an Hanternoz m
• Bulgarian: Северно море n (Severno more)
• Burmese: မြောက်ပင်လယ် (mraukpanglai)
• Catalan: Mar del Nord m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北海 (zh) (Běihǎi)

• Cornish: Mor a-Gledhbarth m
• Czech: Severní moře (cs) n
• Danish: Nordsøen (da) c, Vesterhavet (da) n
• Dutch: Noordzee (nl) f
• Esperanto: Norda Maro
• Estonian: Põhjameri
• Farefare: Ateko Gɛrman
• Faroese: Norðsjógvurin m
• Finnish: Pohjanmeri (fi)
• French: mer du Nord (fr) f
• Galician: Mar do Norte m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა (črdiloetis zɣva)
• German: Nordsee (de) f
• Greek: Βόρεια Θάλασσα (el) f (Vóreia Thálassa)
• Gujarati: ઉત્તર સમુદ્ર (uttar samudra)
• Hebrew: הים הצפוני m (ha-yam ha-tsafóni)
• Hindi: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
• Hungarian: Északi-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Norðursjór (is) m
• Ido: Norda Maro (io)
• Indonesian: Laut Utara
• Irish: an Mhuir Thuaidh f
• Italian: mare del Nord m
• Japanese: 北海 (ja) (ほっかい, Hokkai)
• Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ (uttara samudra)
• Kashubian: Nordowé Mòrzé
• Kazakh: Солтүстік теңізі (Soltüstık teñızı)
• Khmer: សមុទ្រខាងជើង (sɑɑmutrɔɔkhaangcəəng)
• Korean: 북해 (bukhae)
• Lao: ທະເລເໜືອ (tha lē nư̄a)
• Latin: Mare Germanicum n
• Latvian: Ziemeļjūra f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės jūra (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Noordsee (nds) f

• Macedonian: Северно Море n (Severno More)
• Malay: Laut Utara
• Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കടൽ (vaṭakkaṉ kaṭal)
• Maltese: il-Baħar ta’ Tramuntana m
• Marathi: उत्तर समुद्र (uttar samudra)
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Tónteel
• Nepali: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
• Norman: Mé du Nord f
• North Frisian: Weestsiie
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nordsjøen (no)

  Nynorsk: Nordsjøen

• Occitan: Mar del Nòrd f
• Old English: Norþsǣ f
• Persian: دریای شمال (daryâ šomâl)
• Polish: Morze Północne (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar do Norte m
• Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (uttarī samundar)
• Romanian: Marea Nordului (ro) f
• Romansch: Mar dal Nord f
• Russian: Се́верное мо́ре (ru) n (Sévernoje móre)
• Scots: North Sea
• Scottish Gaelic: Muir a Tuath f, Muir Lochlainn f, Cuan a Tuath
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северно море n, Сјеверно море n

  Roman: Severno more n, Sjeverno more (sh) n

• Slovak: Severné more (sk) n
• Slovene: Severno morje n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocne mórjo

  Upper Sorbian: Sewjerne morjo

• Spanish: Mar del Norte m
• Swedish: Nordsjön (sv)
• Tajik: Баҳри Шимолӣ (Bahr-i Šimoli)
• Tamil: வடகடல் (vaṭakaṭal)
• Telugu: ఉత్తర సముద్రం (uttara samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลเหนือ (tá-lee-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Turkish: Kuzey Denizi (tr)
• Turkmen: Demirgazyk deňzi
• Ukrainian: Півні́чне мо́ре n (Pivníčne móre)
• Urdu: بحیرہ شمال (bahr-e-śamāl)
• Uzbek: Shimoliy dengiz
• Vietnamese: Bắc Hải (vi), Biển Bắc
• Welsh: Môr y Gogledd m
• West Frisian: Noardsee
• Yiddish: צפֿון ים m (tsofn-yam)

Anagrams

• anthrose, horse ant

Scots

Etymology

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Proper noun

North Sea

1. The North Sea.