Pacific ocean
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
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.