English Explanatory Dictionary

Pacific Ocean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Pacific Ocean the Pacific Ocean

Etymology

cf. Pacific. Portuguese explorer Magellan called the ocean pacífico (“peaceful”) (in c. 1519) because, after sailing through the stormy seas off Cape Horn, the expedition found calm waters.

Synonyms

the Pacific
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