Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The largest of the world's oceans, divided into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It extends from the western Americas to eastern Asia and Australia.
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- proper noun The world's largest body of water, to the east of
Asia andAustralasia and to the west of theAmericas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest ocean in the world
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[26] The South Sea, which we call the Pacific Ocean, which washed the eastern shores of India and China, was what most of the early European Explorers set out to find.
Colonial Children 1902
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South Sea, but it is usually called the Pacific Ocean, the name given it afterward.
Introductory American History Elbert Jay Benton
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This year, the federal government declared that basking sharks in the Pacific Ocean are a species of concern.
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This year, the federal government declared that basking sharks in the Pacific Ocean are a species of concern.
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This year, the federal government declared that basking sharks in the Pacific Ocean are a species of concern.
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This year, the federal government declared that basking sharks in the Pacific Ocean are a species of concern.
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The Pacific Ocean is a Very Scarily Big Place and a person swimming in it is very very small.
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Did y'all know that there is a plastic continent in the Pacific Ocean, that is bigger than the United States?
Obama Goes Up In Indiana With Second Ad Responding To Hillary's Gas Spot 2009
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They are also found floating in a mass of other non-biodegradable debris that is twice the size of Texas and is known as the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.
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EconomyEconomyoverview: The Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the world economy and particularly to those nations its waters directly touch.
Pacific Ocean 2008
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