Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Related

Similar words

the Pacific

Origin

cf. Pacific. Portuguese explorer Magellan called the ocean pacífico (in c. 1519) because, after sailing through the stormy seas off Cape Horn, the expedition found calm waters.

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