Meanings
nounmarginal sea (plural marginal seas)
plural marginal seas
- A part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
The Attorneys General of California, Louisiana and Maryland today urged continued state control of oil operations on land beneath marginal seas while the dispute over whether the states or the Federal Government owns these lands is being settled.
1950 August 20, “3 States Ask Control Of Marginal Sea Oil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 邊緣海 /边缘海, 陸緣海 /陆缘海
- 邊緣海 /边缘海 (biānyuánhǎi)part of ocean
- 陸緣海 /陆缘海 (lùyuánhǎi)part of ocean
Dutch randzee
- randzeepart of ocean
Finnish reunameri
- reunameripart of ocean
German Nebenmeer, Randmeer
- Nebenmeerpart of ocean
- Randmeerpart of ocean
Norwegian Bokmål randhav
- randhavpart of ocean
Polish morze brzeżne
- morze brzeżnepart of ocean
Russian окра́инное мо́ре
- окра́инное мо́ре (okráinnoje móre)part of ocean
Spanish mar marginal
- mar marginalpart of ocean
Cite this entry
APA
marginal sea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marginal%20sea
MLA
“marginal sea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marginal%20sea. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marginal sea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marginal%20sea.
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