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mare clausum
MAWR-ee KLAW-suhm
noun
closed sea; a body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation and which is off-limits to all other nations
1894J. J. AstorA Journey in Other WorldsThe stormy ocean we behold in the west, which corresponds to our Atlantic, though it is far more of a mare clausum in the geographical sense, is also destined to become a calm and placid inland sea.

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