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130:Hanyu Pinyin
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1680:South China
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1424:Caspian Sea
1396:Visayan Sea
1376:Solomon Sea
1371:Sibuyan Sea
1366:Shantar Sea
1321:Molucca Sea
1316:Mar de Grau
1246:Chilean Sea
1241:Celebes Sea
1236:Camotes Sea
1201:Arafura Sea
1113:Arabian Sea
1108:Andaman Sea
1060:Sea of Azov
1035:Myrtoan Sea
850:Alboran Sea
802:Pechora Sea
797:Lincoln Sea
767:Chukchi Sea
757:Barents Sea
734:Weddell Sea
704:Lazarev Sea
440:Vietnam War
384:Vịnh Bắc Bộ
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276:South China
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1654:Categories
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1123:Flores Sea
1090:Wadden Sea
1020:Libyan Sea
990:Ionian Sea
985:Hudson Bay
930:Foxe Basin
920:Celtic Sea
880:Baltic Sea
870:Baffin Bay
845:Aegean Sea
817:Wandel Sea
792:Laptev Sea
724:Scotia Sea
709:Mawson Sea
533:2023-01-09
477:References
428:destroyers
136:Běibù Wān
1356:Seram Sea
1326:Moro Gulf
1251:Coral Sea
1231:Bohol Sea
1226:Bohai Sea
1211:Banda Sea
1183:Timor Sea
1040:North Sea
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905:Black Sea
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317:The name
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1419:Aral Sea
1386:Sulu Sea
1341:Savu Sea
1311:Koro Sea
1306:Java Sea
1206:Bali Sea
787:Kara Sea
719:Ross Sea
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