Definitions For Thalassocracy

Noun

THALASSOCRACY. (countable and uncountable, plural THALASSOCRACYs) A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas. Maritime supremacy.

Synonyms

thalattocracy

Coordinate terms

tellurocracy

Translations

Arabic: ثالاسُوْقْراطِيّةٌ, f Danish: havvælde, n, sømagt, c, søvælde, n, thalassokrati, n Italian: talassocrazia, f Romanian: talasocrație, f Russian: талассокра́тия Welsh: môr-lywodraeth, f, môr-deyrnas, f

Etymology

"to be master of the sea", from θάλασσα, , sea + κράτος, , rule. {{surf, en, thalasso-, -cracy}}.