English Explanatory Dictionary

nine-dash line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.

Word forms

nine-dash line the nine-dash line

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 九段線 /九段线 (Jiǔduànxiàn).

Synonyms

ten-dash line eleven-dash line
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