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語源

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.

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固有名詞

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.
   • 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 August 2018:

     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.

同意語

• the Pacific

参考

• oceans: Antarctic Ocean~Southern Ocean · Arctic Ocean · Atlantic Ocean · Indian Ocean · Pacific Ocean

参照

Further reading

• “Pacific Ocean”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Pacific Ocean”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.