KOREAN STRAIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan

Synonyms:

Korea Strait; Korean Strait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)

Domain member region:

Tsushima (a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait)

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