English
Etymology
From Middle English North-see, from Old English norþsǣ (“northern sea, Bristol Channel, Baltic, North Sea”), equivalent to north + sea. Cognate with West Frisian Noardsee (“North Sea”), Dutch Noordzee, German Nordsee, Danish Nordsøen, Swedish Nordsjön, Icelandic Norðursjór.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the North Sea
- A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
- Afrikaans: Noordsee
- Albanian: Deti i Veriut
- Amharic: ሰሜን ባሕር (sämen baḥr)
- Arabic: بَحَر اَلشَّمَال m (baḥar aš-šamāl)
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային ծով (Hyusisayin cov)
- Azerbaijani: Şimal dənizi
- Basque: Ipar itsasoa
- Belarusian: Паўночнае мора n (Paŭnóčnaje móra)
- Bengali: উত্তর সাগর (uttor śagor)
- Breton: Mor an Hanternoz m
- Bulgarian: Северно море n (Severno more)
- Burmese: မြောက်ပင်လယ် (mraukpanglai)
- Catalan: Mar del Nord m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 北海 (zh) (Běihǎi)
- Cornish: Mor a-Gledhbarth m
- Czech: Severní moře (cs) n
- Danish: Nordsøen (da) c, Vesterhavet (da) n
- Dutch: Noordzee (nl) f
- Esperanto: Norda Maro
- Estonian: Põhjameri
- Farefare: Ateko Gɛrman
- Faroese: Norðsjógvurin m
- Finnish: Pohjanmeri (fi)
- French: mer du Nord (fr) f
- Galician: Mar do Norte m
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა (črdiloetis zɣva)
- German: Nordsee (de) f
- Greek: Βόρεια Θάλασσα (el) f (Vóreia Thálassa)
- Gujarati: ઉત્તર સમુદ્ર (uttar samudra)
- Hebrew: הים הצפוני m (ha-yam ha-tsafóni)
- Hindi: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
- Hungarian: Északi-tenger (hu)
- Icelandic: Norðursjór (is) m
- Ido: Norda Maro (io)
- Indonesian: Laut Utara
- Irish: an Mhuir Thuaidh f
- Italian: mare del Nord m
- Japanese: 北海 (ja) (ほっかい, Hokkai)
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ (uttara samudra)
- Kashubian: Nordowé Mòrzé
- Kazakh: Солтүстік теңізі (Soltüstık teñızı)
- Khmer: សមុទ្រខាងជើង (sɑɑmutrɔɔkhaangcəəng)
- Korean: 북해 (bukhae)
- Lao: ທະເລເໜືອ (tha lē nư̄a)
- Latin: Mare Germanicum n
- Latvian: Ziemeļjūra f
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės jūra (lt) f
- Low German:
- German Low German: Noordsee (nds) f
- Macedonian: Северно Море n (Severno More)
- Malay: Laut Utara
- Malayalam: വടക്കൻ കടൽ (vaṭakkaṉ kaṭal)
- Maltese: il-Baħar ta’ Tramuntana m
- Marathi: उत्तर समुद्र (uttar samudra)
- Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Tónteel
- Nepali: उत्तरी सागर (uttarī sāgar)
- Norman: Mé du Nord f
- North Frisian: Weestsiie
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Nordsjøen (no)
- Nynorsk: Nordsjøen
- Occitan: Mar del Nòrd f
- Old English: Norþsǣ f
- Persian: دریای شمال (daryâ šomâl)
- Polish: Morze Północne (pl) n
- Portuguese: Mar do Norte m
- Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ (uttarī samundar)
- Romanian: Marea Nordului (ro) f
- Romansch: Mar dal Nord f
- Russian: Се́верное мо́ре (ru) n (Sévernoje móre)
- Scots: North Sea
- Scottish Gaelic: Muir a Tuath f, Muir Lochlainn f, Cuan a Tuath
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Северно море n, Сјеверно море n
- Roman: Severno more n, Sjeverno more (sh) n
- Slovak: Severné more (sk) n
- Slovene: Severno morje n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocne mórjo
- Upper Sorbian: Sewjerne morjo
- Spanish: Mar del Norte m
- Swedish: Nordsjön (sv)
- Tajik: Баҳри Шимолӣ (Bahr-i Šimoli)
- Tamil: வடகடல் (vaṭakaṭal)
- Telugu: ఉత్తర సముద్రం (uttara samudraṁ)
- Thai: ทะเลเหนือ (tá-lee-nʉ̌ʉa)
- Turkish: Kuzey Denizi (tr)
- Turkmen: Demirgazyk deňzi
- Ukrainian: Півні́чне мо́ре n (Pivníčne móre)
- Urdu: بحیرہ شمال (bahr-e-śamāl)
- Uzbek: Shimoliy dengiz
- Vietnamese: Bắc Hải (vi), Biển Bắc
- Welsh: Môr y Gogledd m
- West Frisian: Noardsee
- Yiddish: צפֿון ים m (tsofn-yam)
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Proper noun
North Sea
- The North Sea.