Pacific Ocean

Often the Pacific

[puh-sif-ik oh-shuhn]

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noun

the largest of the world’s five principal oceans, bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia, with its deepest section in the Mariana Trench: divided by the equator into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. 62,455,900 square miles (161,760,000 square kilometers).

Pacific Ocean

noun

the world's largest and deepest ocean, lying between Asia and Australia and North and South America: almost landlocked in the north, linked with the Arctic Ocean only by the Bering Strait, and extending to Antarctica in the south; has exceptionally deep trenches, and a large number of volcanic and coral islands. Area: about 165 760 000 sq km (64 000 000 sq miles). Average depth: 4215 m (14 050 ft). Greatest depth: Challenger Deep (in the Marianas Trench), 11 033 m (37 073 ft). Greatest width: (between Panama and Mindanao, Philippines) 17 066 km (10 600 miles)

Pacific Ocean

The largest ocean in the world, separating Asia and Australia on the west from North America and South America on the east.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pacific Ocean¹

First recorded in 1560–70

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“Dragon will also announce its arrival with a brief sonic boom prior to splashing down in the Pacific Ocean,” SpaceX posted about an hour before the boom was reported.

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May gray is fueled by onshore breezes that push the layer of cool moist air that hangs above the Pacific Ocean further inland, creating persistent cloud cover.

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In the old days, guests at Pickfair could ride horses through the mountains to the Pacific Ocean and pass only one house along the way.

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The city is underwater after being swamped by the rising Pacific Ocean and incessant rain.

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I stepped out of the Pacific Ocean that day, but I left behind the belief that love was something I had to hustle for.

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pacifico Pacific oyster

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