# seven seas

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. All the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.

## Etymology
The modern association with the world oceans was popularized by The Seven Seas (Rudyard Kipling, 1896).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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