Definition of South Sea
: of or relating to the seas of the southern hemisphere and especially the South Pacific
thatched huts and coconut palms of the South Sea islands South Sea pirate schooners with tall, raking masts, loaded to the gunwale with rum and gold bars— Peter Heaton
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The first known use of South Sea was in 1622
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