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Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean proper noun: an ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.

pacific ocean: an ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of...
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Proper noun

the Pacific Ocean

  1. An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.
    • The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.2015 May 21, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “How does Santa Barbara match up with other U.S. oil spills?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016
    • In a Saturday news release, NORAD said the fighters were working to redirect the turboprop west, out over the Pacific Ocean, before it crashed on Ketron Island.2018 August 12, David Gutman, Mike Baker, “Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug...
    Synonyms:
    the Pacific

Pacific Ocean meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Pacific Ocean in Hindi

the world's largest body of water
प्रशांत महासागर praśānt mahāsāgar, प्रशान्त praśānt

Pacific Ocean in Tamil

the world's largest body of water
பசிபிக் பெருங்கடல் pacipik peruṅkaṭal

Pacific Ocean in Marathi

the world's largest body of water
प्रशांत महासागर praśānta mahāsāgar

Pacific Ocean in Urdu

the world's largest body of water
بَحْر اَلکاہِل bahr alkāhil
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Pacific Ocean in Bengali
প্রশান্ত মহাসাগর prośanto mohaśagor
Pacific Ocean in Telugu
పసిఫిక్ మహాసముద్రం pasiphik mahāsamudraṁ
Pacific Ocean in Malayalam
ശാന്തസമുദ്രം śāntasamudraṁ
Pacific Ocean in Kannada
ಪೆಸಿಫಿಕ್ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ pesiphik mahāsāgara
Pacific Ocean in Punjabi
ਪੈਸਿਫ਼ਿਕ paisifik, پیسفک pesfk
Pacific Ocean in Gujarati
પ્રશાંત મહાસાગર praśā̃t mahāsāgar
Pacific Ocean in Sinhala
ශාන්තිකර සාගරය śāntikara sāgaraya
Pacific Ocean in Assamese
প্ৰশান্ত মহাসাগৰ proxanto mohaxagor
Pacific Ocean in Nepali
प्रशान्त महासागर praśānta mahāsāgar
Pacific Ocean in Pashto
ارام سمندر arām samandar
Pacific Ocean in Tagalog
Karagatang Pasipiko
Pacific Ocean in Arabic
الْمُحِيط الْهَادِئ al-muḥīṭ al-hādiʔ
Pacific Ocean in Malay
Lautan Pasifik, Lautan Teduh
Pacific Ocean in Indonesian
Samudra Pasifik
Pacific Ocean in Persian
اُقْیانوسِ آرام oqyânus-e ârâm
Pacific Ocean in Thai
มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก má-hǎa-sà-mùt-bpɛɛ-sí-fìk
Pacific Ocean in Vietnamese
Thái Bình Dương
Pacific Ocean in Myanmar
ပစိဖိတ်သမုဒ္ဒရာ pa.ci.hpitsa.mudda.ra

Synonyms of Pacific Ocean

Origin of Pacific Ocean

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.

Questions about Pacific Ocean

What does Pacific Ocean mean?
Pacific Ocean means an ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.
What is Pacific Ocean in Hindi?
Pacific Ocean in Hindi is प्रशांत महासागर (praśānt mahāsāgar), प्रशान्त (praśānt). See Pacific Ocean meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Ocean is a proper noun.

Words near Pacific Ocean in the dictionary

  1. Pacific maple
  2. Pacific maples
  3. Pacific Northwest
  4. Pacific Northwesterner
  5. Pacific Northwesterners
  6. Pacific Ocean
  7. Pacific Palisades
  8. Pacific plum
  9. Pacific plums
  10. Pacific rat
  11. Pacific rats

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