Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

English

Indian Ocean

Proper noun

Indian Ocean

1. The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
   • 1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building‎, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, LCCN 75-104876, OCLC 905626536, OL 5217970M, page 38:

     In the west, the outer periphery of the Inner Zone is the great divide separating Pacific Ocean and South China Sea drainage on the one hand, from drainage oriented towards Hsin-chiang in the northwest and towards the Indian Ocean in the southwest, on the other.

Translations

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica

Afrikaans: Indiese Oseaan Albanian: Oqeani Indian (sq) m Amharic: ሕንድ ውቅያኖስ (ḥənd wəḳyanos) Arabic: الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ‎ m (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy) Armenian: Հնդկական օվկիանոս (Hndkakan ōvkianos) Assamese: ভাৰত মহাসাগৰ (bharot mohaxagor) Azerbaijani: Hind okeanı (az) Basque: Indiako ozeanoa Belarusian: Інды́йскі акія́н m (Indýjski akiján) Bengali: ভারত মহাসাগর (bharôtô môhasagôrô) Breton: Meurvor Indez m Bulgarian: Инди́йски океа́н m (Indíjski okeán) Burmese: အိန္ဒိယသမုဒ္ဒရာ (indi.ya.sa.mudda.ra) Buryat: Энэдхэгэй далай (Enedxegej dalaj) Catalan: Oceà Índic m Chinese: Mandarin: 印度洋 (zh) (Yìndùyáng) Czech: Indický oceán (cs) m Danish: Indiske Ocean Dhivehi: ހިންދު ކަނޑު‎ (hin̊du kaⁿḍu) Dutch: Indische Oceaan (nl) m Esperanto: Hinda Oceano (eo) Estonian: India ookean Faroese: Indiska hav n Finnish: Intian valtameri (fi) French: océan Indien (fr) m Galician: océano Índico (gl) m, Índico (gl) m Georgian: ინდოეთის ოკეანე (indoetis oḳeane) German: Indischer Ozean (de) m Greek: Ινδικός Ωκεανός m (Indikós Okeanós) Gujarati: હિંદ મહાસાગર (hind mahāsāgar) Hebrew: האוקיינוס ההודי \\ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הַהׂדּי‎ (he) m (ha-okyanós ha-hódi) Hindi: हिंद महासागर m (hind mahāsāgar), हिन्द महासागर (hi) m (hind mahāsāgar) Hungarian: Indiai-óceán (hu) Icelandic: Indlandshaf (is) n Indonesian: Samudra Hindia Irish: An tAigéan Indiach m Italian: Oceano Indiano (it) m Japanese: インド洋 (ja) (Indoyō), 印度洋 (Indoyō) Kannada: ಹಿಂದೂ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ (hindū mahāsāgara) Kazakh: Үнді мұхиты (Ündı mūxity) Khmer: មហាសមុទ្រឥណ្ឌា (mĕəʼhaasaʼmot ʼəndiə) Korean: 인도양(印度洋) (ko) (Indoyang) Kyrgyz: Инди океаны (İndi okeanı) Lao: ມະຫາສະໝຸດອິນເດຍ (lo) (ma hā sa mut ʼin dīa) Latvian: Indijas okeāns m Lithuanian: Indijos vandenynas (lt) m Macedonian: Индиски Океа́н m (Indiski Okeán) Malay: Lautan Hindi, Lautan Kidul Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യൻ മഹാസമുദ്രം (intyaṉ mahāsamudraṃ) Maltese: l-Oċean Indjan Marathi: हिंदी महासागर (hindī mahāsāgar) Mongolian: Энэтхэгийн Далай (Enetxegiin Dalaj) Navajo: Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii tónteel Nepali: हिन्द महासागर (hinda mahāsāgar) Norman: Océan Îndgien m Norwegian: Bokmål: Indiahavet (no), Det indiske hav Nynorsk: Indiahavet, Det indiske havet Pashto: هندي سمندر‎ m (hendí samandár) Persian: اقیانوس هند‎ (oqyânus-e hend) Polish: Ocean Indyjski (pl) m Portuguese: oceano Índico m Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ (hind mahānsāgar) Romanian: Oceanul Indian (ro) n Russian: Инди́йский океа́н (ru) m (Indíjskij okeán) Rusyn: Інді́йскый океа́н m (Indíjskŷj okeán) Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Innseanach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Индијски океан m, Индијски оцеан m Roman: Indijski okean m, Indijski ocean m Sinhalese: ඉන්දියානු සාගරය (indiyānu sāgaraya) Slovak: Indický oceán m Slovene: Indijski ocean m Somali: Badweynta Hindia Sotho: Lewatle la India Spanish: océano Índico (es) m, Índico (es) m Swahili: Bahari ya Hindi Swedish: Indiska oceanen (sv) Tagalog: Karagatang Indiyano Tajik: Уқёнуси Ҳинд (Uqyonusi Hind) Tamil: : இந்து மகாசமுத்திரம் (intu makācamuttiram), இந்தியப் பெருங்கடல் (intiyap peruṅkaṭal) Tatar: Һинд океаны (Hind oqeanı) Telugu: హిందూ మహాసముద్రం (te) (hindū mahāsamudraṁ) Thai: มหาสมุทรอินเดีย (th) (má-hǎa-sà-mùt-in-diia) Tigrinya: ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ (həndawi wəḳyanos) Turkish: Hint Okyanusu (tr) Turkmen: Hindi okeany Ukrainian: Інді́йський океа́н m (Indíjsʹkyj okeán) Urdu: بحر ہند‎ m (behr hind) Uyghur: ھىندى ئوكيان‎ (hindi okyan) Uzbek: Hind okeani Vietnamese: Ấn Độ Dương (vi) (印度洋 (vi)) Volapük: Lindean (vo) Welsh: Cefnfor India (cy), Cefnfor India (cy) Western Panjabi: وڈا سمندر ہند‎ Yiddish: אינדישער אָקעאַן‎ m (indisher okean)

See also

• (oceans) ocean; Antarctic Ocean/Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, ^{(Category: en:Oceans)}

Further reading

• Indian Ocean at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Indian Ocean”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary