Philippine Sea

A section of the western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and west of the Marianas.

Philippine Sea

n (Placename) part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines

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Philippine Sea - a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leytebattle of the Philippine SeaSecond World War, World War 2, World War II - a 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 1945Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world

Philippine Sea

part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines

Philippine Sea

a part of the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Philippine Sea is bounded on the west by Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and the Philippines, on the east by the Izu, Bonin, Volcano, and Mariana islands and underwater ranges, on the southeast by Yap and the Palau Islands. The sea covers an area of 5,726 sq km and includes the Philippine and Mariana basins, which are separated by an underwater range between Kyushu and the Palau Islands. The average depth is 4,108 m, with a maximum of 10,265 m in the Mindanao Trench.

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noun a naval battle in World War II (1944)

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