LAPTEV SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laptev Sea mean? 

• LAPTEV SEA (noun)
  The noun LAPTEV SEA has 1 sense:

1. part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year

  Familiarity information: LAPTEV SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAPTEV SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

Holonyms ("Laptev Sea" is a part of...):

Arctic Ocean (ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs)