South Pacific
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3.0
- proper noun
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Pacífico Sur
- Many unique species can be found on the islands of the South Pacific.
- islands of the South Pacific
But I do my work actually in the South Pacific, being from that region.
- But I do my work actually in the South Pacific, being from that region.
- OK, so I, so our training area was the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.
- I'm not sure because Cava is like is from the South Pacific somewhere.
Examples
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When I was in the South Pacific, there were a couple of divers who suffered extreme bends.
Blog text (10) -
An uninhabited island in the South Pacific would fit the bill.
Blog text (9) -
But I do my work actually in the South Pacific, being from that region.
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First off, we're in the South Pacific.
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I was thinking we could go somewhere in the South Pacific.
Fiction book (1994) -
Captain Cook goes to the South Pacific.
Academic text (2009) -
England takes control of the South Pacific.
Academic text (2009) -
Oh well, at least we landed in the South Pacific, where the water's warm.
Fiction book (2000) -
There are 22 island states and territories in the Central and South Pacific Ocean.
Academic text (2005) -
That's 100 miles off the coast of Palau, in the middle of the South Pacific.
Synonyms
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4.3
A region of many islands in the South Pacific including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
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6.3
A sea south of the equator, often the South Pacific
Islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean, especially those in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'south' (the southern part) + 'Pacific' (the Pacific Ocean), so it refers straightforwardly to the southern region of the Pacific. This geographic naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary noun-noun/location composition, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
South Pacific comes from a simple map idea: it is the Pacific Ocean that lies to the south of the Earth's middle line, the 'equator'. So it means 'the part of the Pacific Ocean and its islands that are south of the equator'.