PHILIPPINE SEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Philippine Sea mean?
• PHILIPPINE SEA (noun)
The noun PHILIPPINE SEA has 1 sense:
1. a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
Familiarity information: PHILIPPINE SEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHILIPPINE SEA (noun)
Meaning:
A naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of the Philippine Sea; Philippine Sea
Instance hypernyms:
naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
Domain region:
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
Holonyms ("Philippine Sea" is a part of...):
Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)
