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单词 Pacific Ocean
释义

Pacific Ocean

English

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[1].

Proper noun

Pacific Ocean

  1. (geography) The world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.

Synonyms

  • the Pacific

Translations

See also

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

References

  1. Pacific Ocean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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