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Brewer's: Sea Serpent
Pontoppidan, in his Natural History of Norway, speaks of sea serpents 600 feet long. The great sea serpent was said to have been seen off the coast of Norway in 1819, 1822, 1837. Hans…Bahrain's two seas
The Question: Your almanac says the country name "Bahrain" means "two seas." What language is that in, and what two seas does it refer to? The Answer…The Fastest Fish in the Sea
The Question: I read the list of the fastest animals on land at your site. But I was wondering what is the fastest animal in the sea might be? The Answer: According to Guinness World Records,…Is the Red Sea red?
The Question: Is the Red Sea red? If so, why? The Answer: Of course it's not actually red, but sometimes it appears that way. Located between the East African coast and the Saudi Arabian…Brewer's: Man of the Sea
(See Old , etc.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the Third RepublicMan of the Hill A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Great Sea
(The). So the Mediterranean Sea was called by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great UnknownGreat Scott A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Green Sea
The Persian Gulf; so called from a remarkable strip of water of a green colour along the Arabian coast. Between 1690 and 1742 the 2nd Life Guards were facetiously called “The Green Sea”…Brewer's: Cronian Sea
The north polar sea. Pliny says, “A Thule unius diei navigatione mare concretum, a nonnullis cronium appellatur. ” (Natural History, iv. 16.) As when two polar winds blowing adverse Upon…Brewer's: Dead Sea
So the Romans called the “Salt Sea.” Josephus says that the vale of Siddim was changed into the Dead Sea at the destruction of Sodom (Antiq. i. 8, 3, etc.). The water is of a dull green…Deep Blue Sea
Director:Renny HarlinWriters:Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers and Wayne PowersWarner Bros.; 100 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson In Deep Blue…Trending
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