South Pacific

[ south puh-sif-ik ]

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noun

the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Pacific Ocean, including all the coastal countries, islands, and archipelagos located there:
expanding their commercial interests in the South Pacific.

adjective

of or relating to the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Pacific Ocean, often specifically to the South Pacific Ocean itself:
studying the South Pacific trenches.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of South Pacific¹

First recorded in 1760–70

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Example Sentences

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One thing he'd still like to tick off his bucket list is visiting the remote island of Tuvalu in the South Pacific Ocean, which sounds like a pitch for a new TV show in itself.

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Tuvalu is a group of nine small islands in the South Pacific which won independence from the United Kingdom in 1978.

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James Handura, commander of the South Pacific Division, Caldwell said he was “tasked to release” water from the two dams.

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Vanuatu, a low-lying archipelago of some 80 islands in the South Pacific, is located west of Fiji and thousands of kilometres east of northern Australia.

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West Coast saw a tsunami advisory was in January 2022, Snider said, after the eruption of an underwater volcano in a remote corner of the South Pacific touched off a powerful tsunami.

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South Ossetian Autonomous Region South Pacific Current

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