Pacific Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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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.

proper noun the Pacific Ocean

An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas. The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.
Similar: the Pacific

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name the world's largest body of water

Español	océano Pacífico, Pacífico
한국어	태평양 Taepyeong'yang
日本語	太平洋 Taiheiyō
中文	太平洋 Tàipíngyáng
हिन्दी	प्रशांत महासागर praśānt mahāsāgar, प्रशान्त praśānt
Kiswahili	Pasifiki
Português	Oceano Pacífico, Pacífico
Français	océan Pacifique, Pacifique
Deutsch	Pazifischer Ozean, Pazifik, Stiller Ozean, Großer Ozean
Italiano	Oceano Pacifico
Ελληνικά	Ειρηνικός Ωκεανός Eirinikós Okeanós
Română	Oceanul Pacific
Русский	Ти́хий океа́н Tíxij okeán
Tiếng Việt	Thái Bình Dương
العربية	الْمُحِيط الْهَادِئ al-muḥīṭ al-hādiʔ
עברית	האוקינוס הפסיפי ha-okyanós ha-pasifi, האוקיינוס השקט \ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הַשָּׁקַט ha-okyanós ha-shakét

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@misc{pacific_ocean_2026,
  title = {Pacific Ocean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacific%20ocean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}