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the South China Sea

1. The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.

   Synonyms: East Vietnamese Sea (Vietnam), East Sea (Vietnam), West Philippine Sea (Philippines)

   Coordinate terms: East China Sea, Bohai Sea

   • 1898 May, “The Philippine Islands”, in The Locomotive‎^[1], volume XIX, number 5, Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, →OCLC, page 77:

     The Philippine Islands are an archipelago southeast of Asia. They extend almost due north and south from Formosa to Borneo, and they separate the South China Sea from the Pacific Ocean.

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