marginal sea

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marginal sea

noun 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.

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noun part of ocean

Español	mar marginal
中文	邊緣海 /边缘海 biānyuánhǎi, 陸緣海 /陆缘海 lùyuánhǎi
Deutsch	Nebenmeer, Randmeer
Русский	окра́инное мо́ре okráinnoje móre

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@misc{marginal_sea_2026,
  title = {marginal sea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marginal%20sea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}