People call the sea the Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
//ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən//
Synonyms for "mediterranean" (28 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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Related terms
7 entriesderived
71 entriesAmerican MediterraneanAmerican Mediterranean SeaBattle of the MediterraneanBlue MediterraneanKey of the MediterraneanMediterranean Deep WaterMediterranean GamesMediterranean IrishMediterranean IrishmanMediterranean Lingua FrancaMediterranean RevivalMediterranean SeaMediterranean SquadronMediterranean StatesMediterranean StationMediterranean Theater of Operations
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7 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mesdhetar adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Armenian
1 entries- միջերկրական adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Asturian
1 entries- mediterraneu adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Belarusian
1 entries- міжземнаморскі adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Catalan
2 entries- mediterrani adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- conca del Mediterrani name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Czech
3 entries- středomořský adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- středozemní adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Středomoří name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Dutch
2 entries- mediterraan adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Middellandse Zee name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Esperanto
1 entries- mediteranea adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Finnish
3 entries- Välimeren adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- välimerellinen adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Välimeren alue name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
French
3 entries- méditerranéen adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Bassin méditerranéen name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
- Monde méditerranéen name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Galician
2 entries- mediterráneo adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- rexión mediterránea name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Georgian
3 entries- ხმელთაშუა adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- ხმელთაშუა ზღვის adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- ხმელთაშუაზღვისპირა adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
German
1 entries- mediterran adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Greek
2 entries- μεσογειακός adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Μεσόγειος name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Hebrew
1 entries- ים תיכוני adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Hindi
1 entries- भूमध्य adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Hungarian
1 entries- mediterrán adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Indonesian
1 entries- Mediterania name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Irish
2 entries- Meánmhara adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Meánmhuirí adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Italian
1 entries- mediterraneo adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Latin
1 entries- mediterraneus adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Macedonian
4 entries- медитера́нски adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- средоземен adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- средоземноморски adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Медитера́н name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Malay
1 entries- mediteranean adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Maltese
1 entries- Mediterran adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Occitan
1 entries- mediterranèu adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Pannonian Rusyn
4 entries- медитерански adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- стредожемни adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- штредожемни adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Медитеран name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Persian
1 entries- مدیترانهای adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Polish
2 entries- śródziemnomorski adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Śródziemnomorze name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Portuguese
4 entries- mediterrâneo adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- mediterrânico adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Mediterrâneo name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
- região do Mediterrâneo name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Romanian
2 entries- mediteran adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- mediteranean adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Russian
3 entries- средиземноморский adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- средиземный adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- Средиземномо́рье name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- mediteran adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Sicilian
1 entries- miditirraniu adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Spanish
1 entries- mediterráneo adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Swedish
2 entries- medelhavs adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
- mediterran adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Thai
1 entries- เมดิเตอร์เรเนียน name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Ukrainian
1 entries- середземномо́рський adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Địa Trung Hải adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Volapük
1 entries- Zänodamelik adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Welsh
1 entries- Canoldir name (region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
Yiddish
1 entries- מיטלענדיש adj (of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
Source: tatoeba (71703)
"I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.
Source: tatoeba (74000)
I like the Mediterranean Sea best.
Source: tatoeba (259414)
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