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The Seven Seas

> I've enjoyed your website. Recently, a second
> grader asked me why we use the term "seven seas"
> when there are only four oceans. Can you shed any light
> on this? I'm guessing that in ancient times, people included
> the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and others, but what others?

Well, I looked in my dictionary, and heres what it says:

"Seven Seas" The oceans of the world considered as the North and South Pacific, the North and South Atlantic, and the Arctic, Antarctic, and Indian Oceans. However, I did a search on google for "seven seas" origin word and came up with this:
http://www.wordwizard.com/clubhouse/founddiscuss.asp?Num=4505
which has quite a long discussion of various different possibilites. I have no idea which the true one is, but its a fun topic to persue!

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