Pacific Ocean
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- proper noun
- /pəˈsɪfɪk ˈoʊʃən/
:
océano Pacífico
- The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world, bordered by Asia and Australia on one side and the Americas on the other.
- South Pacific Ocean
- North Pacific Ocean
- Pacific Ocean region
The entire Pacific Ocean will wash onto North and South America.
- The entire Pacific Ocean will wash onto North and South America.
- I took off, ran, jumped off the pier into the Pacific Ocean.
- So way back in the Cold War, we find out that the Soviets have lost the sub in the Pacific Ocean.
- I mean, they explored the whole Pacific Ocean and they found Easter Island, that tiny, tiny dot in the middle of nowhere.
- They were able to navigate all of the Pacific Ocean with extraordinary like accuracy and directly speaking about Altaroa.
Examples
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Oregon has this big rugged coastline on the Pacific Ocean and it just feels so abundant and open.
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The entire Pacific Ocean will wash onto North and South America.
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This is a map of the Pacific Ocean.
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The best views will come from land in and around the Pacific Ocean.
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There are 22 island states and territories in the Central and South Pacific Ocean.
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On July 2, 1937, they lost radio contact and disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
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The Northern Fur Seals are found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.
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Towards the end of the trip, I was alone on a beach on the Pacific Ocean late one afternoon, and the beach was deserted.
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Although surrounded by the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean, they were most likely severely dehydrated.
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The nation's far-flung commercial network stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains.
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Synonyms
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The largest and deepest ocean between Asia, Australia, and the Americas
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression is a simple combination of a proper name 'Pacific' and the noun 'ocean', so a learner who knows the constituents will understand it refers to a specific ocean. However, the detailed attributes (largest/deepest, exact geographic boundaries) are encyclopedic and not derivable from the words alone, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
The Pacific Ocean was named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who called it 'Mar Pacifico' after he sailed into calm water following a storm. So Pacific comes from a word meaning 'peaceful', and the name stayed on the world's largest ocean.