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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An arm of the western Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Borneo. The Sulu Archipelago, a chain of small islands belonging to the Philippines, separates the Sulu Sea from the Celebes Sea southwest of Mindanao.

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Examples

  • So he was looking at the map of Asia trying to solve that dilemma and he saw that there is a sea called the Sulu Sea in the southern Chinese Sea area.

    Comic Book Resources 2009

  • “We defend freedom, whether here or in Afghanistan or around the Sulu Sea.”

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • For instance there's hardly any data here for the Sulu Sea and the Southern Philippine archipelago where they still have a lot of piracy.

    Gyre and Gimble 2009

  • For instance there's hardly any data here for the Sulu Sea and the Southern Philippine archipelago where they still have a lot of piracy.

    Gyre and Gimble 2009

  • But in rare display of violence, outside the southern islands of the Sulu Sea, suspected terrorists struck the Columban Fathers Home in the Gates District, a group of Armed men burst into the mission home grounds and seized Father Michael.

    Mindanao: Irish Missionary Priest Kidnapped Abu Sayyaf Extremists prime suspects 2009

  • Philippinesthe Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait

    Geography-note 2008

  • Other recent exploration and production activities have also focused on offshore oil prospects, and during 2005 the DOE awarded eleven Service Contracts, mostly concentrated in the Mindoro, Salawan, and Sulu Sea basins.

    Energy profile of Philippines 2008

  • Productivity Surface currents in the Sulu Sea come from the south in the summer.

    Sulu-Celebes Sea large marine ecosystem 2008

  • In the Sulu Sea, Malaysia and the Philippines protect some islands where green turtles breed.

    High Tech Goes Wild 2008

  • Geography—note: the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait

    Philippines 2008

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