territorial sea

noun

The sea and ocean areas belonging to the territorial waters of a country.

Meanings

nounterritorial sea (plural territorial seas)

plural territorial seas

  1. The sea and ocean areas belonging to the territorial waters of a country.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 領海 /领海
  • 領海 /领海 (lǐnghǎi)part of territorial waters
Finnish aluemeri
  • aluemeripart of territorial waters
Irish farraigí teorann, farraigí críche
  • farraigí teorannpart of territorial waters
  • farraigí críchepart of territorial waters
Polish morze terytorialne
  • morze terytorialnepart of territorial waters
Portuguese mar territorial
  • mar territorialpart of territorial waters
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