单词 | mare nostrum |
释义 | Mare Nostrumn. The Mediterranean Sea, regarded as the territory of or under the control of the European Mediterranean countries, esp. Italy (originally so called by the Romans). Hence: any sea or other stretch of water belonging to or under the control of a nation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country mare clausum1652 territorial limits1739 territorial sea1800 territorial waters1841 Mare Nostrum1921 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea the great sea1382 sea of middle eartha1387 South Seaa1398 Mediterrany?a1475 Mediterranean Sea?1556 mid-earth sea1559 Midland Sea1579 Mediterrane1582 Mediterranean1621 middle-land sea1650 Great Lake1857 Mare Nostrum1921 Med?1942 1921 K. Thomas in Jrnl. Internat. Relations Jan. 424 An American writer has referred to the Caribbean as the ‘American Mediterranean’,..but in view of the increasing interest..in Caribbean affairs..this designation may..be changed to ‘America's “Mare Nostrum”’—Our Sea. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 729 (caption) For protection of the Panama Canal and the American Mare Nostrum, United States military installations in the Lesser Antilles are vital. 1942 ‘A. Bridge’ Frontier Passage v. 70 ‘It was the Italians, all those sinkings, was it?’... The Norwegian..let drive about the would-be proprietors of Mare Nostrum. 1968 Guardian 9 July 5/3 Britain and Italy..have no single point of conflict of interests..in the Mediterranean. Mussolini's dream of turning it into mare nostrum had faded into oblivion. 1989 Guardian 7 July 29/6 Gaullist throwbacks spoke loftily of the grandeur of French sun and sand, while the Italians proclaimed their ‘mare nostrum’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921 |
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