seven seas

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Etymology

The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

Noun

the seven seas pl (plural only)

  1. (poetic) All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.

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