ionian sea

English Thesaurus

1. an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	sea,
definition	:	a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (noun.object)

part holonym	:	gulf of corinth, gulf of lepanto,
definition	:	inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus (noun.object)

part meronym	:	mediterranean, mediterranean sea,
definition	:	the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia (noun.object)