English
Etymology
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.[1]
Pronunciation
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.
Synonyms
Translations
the world's largest body of water
- Afrikaans: Stille Oseaan
- Albanian: Oqeani Paqësor (sq) m
- Amharic: ሰላማዊ ውቅያኖስ (sälamawi wəḳyanos)
- Arabic: الْمُحِيط الْهَادِئ m (al-muḥīṭ al-hādiʔ)
- Aragonese: Ozián Pazifico m
- Armenian: Խաղաղ օվկիանոս (hy) (Xaġaġ ōvkianos)
- Assamese: প্ৰশান্ত মহাসাগৰ (proxanto mohaxagor)
- Asturian: Océanu Pacíficu m
- Azerbaijani: Sakit okean (az)
- Bashkir: Тымыҡ океан (Tımıq okean)
- Basque: Ozeano Barea
- Bavarian: Pazifische Ozean
- Belarusian: Ці́хі акія́н m (Cíxi akiján)
- Bengali: প্রশান্ত মহাসাগর (bn) (prośanto mohaśagor)
- Bikol Central: Kadagatan Pacifico
- Bislama: Pasifik
- Breton: Meurvor Habask
- Bulgarian: Ти́хи океа́н m (Tíhi okeán)
- Burmese: ပစိဖိတ်သမုဒ္ဒရာ (pa.ci.hpitsa.mudda.ra)
- Buryat: Номгон далай (Nomgon dalaj)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Ти́хый океа́н m (Týxŷj okeán)
- Catalan: oceà Pacífic m
- Cebuano: Kadagatang Pasipiko
- Chechen: Тийна океан (Tiı̇na okean)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 太平洋 (taai3 ping4 joeng4)
- Hakka: 太平洋 (Thai-phìn-yòng)
- Hokkien: 太平洋 (zh-min-nan) (Thài-pêng-iûⁿ)
- Mandarin: 太平洋 (zh) (Tàipíngyáng)
- Chuvash: Лӑпкӑ океан (Lăpkă ok̬ean)
- Cornish: Keynvor Hebask
- Crimean Tatar: Tınç okean
- Czech: Tichý oceán (cs) m
- Danish: Stillehavet (da) n
- Dutch: Grote Oceaan (nl) m, Stille Oceaan (nl) m, Stille Zuidzee f (archaic)
- Esperanto: Pacifika Oceano (eo), Pacifiko
- Estonian: Vaikne ookean (et)
- Extremaduran: Océanu Pacíficu m
- Farefare: Mã'asʋm Ateko
- Faroese: Kyrrahav n
- Finnish: Tyyni valtameri (fi), Tyynimeri (fi), (rare) Iso valtameri (fi)
- Franco-Provençal: Ocèan Pacefico m
- French: océan Pacifique (fr) m, Pacifique (fr) m
- Galician: océano Pacífico (gl) m, Pacífico (gl) m
- Georgian: წყნარი ოკეანე (c̣q̇nari oḳeane)
- German: Pazifischer Ozean (de) m, Pazifik (de) m, Stiller Ozean (de) m, Großer Ozean m
- Greek: Ειρηνικός Ωκεανός (el) m (Eirinikós Okeanós)
- Gujarati: પ્રશાંત મહાસાગર (praśā̃t mahāsāgar)
- Haitian Creole: Pasifik, Oseyan Pasifik
- Hawaiian: Moana Pākīpika
- Hebrew: האוקינוס הפסיפי m (ha-okyanós ha-pasifi), האוקיינוס השקט \ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הַשָּׁקַט (he) m (ha-okyanós ha-shakét)
- Hindi: प्रशांत महासागर m (praśānt mahāsāgar), प्रशान्त (hi) m (praśānt)
- Hungarian: Csendes-óceán (hu)
- Icelandic: Kyrrahaf (is) n
- Ido: Oceano Pacifiko
- Ilocano: Taaw Pacifico
- Indonesian: Samudra Pasifik
- Interlingua: Oceano Pacific
- Irish: An tAigéan Ciúin m, An Ciúin-Aigéan m
- Italian: Oceano Pacifico (it) m
- Japanese: 太平洋 (ja) (たいへいよう, Taiheiyō)
- Javanese: Samudra Pasifik
- Kannada: ಪೆಸಿಫಿಕ್ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ (pesiphik mahāsāgara)
- Kapampangan: Pacific Kadayatmalatan
- Kazakh: Тынық мұхит (Tynyq mūxit)
- Khmer: មហាសមុទ្រប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក (mĕəʼhaasaʼmot paasiifək), ប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក (paasiifək)
- Korean: 태평양(太平洋) (ko) (Taepyeong'yang)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Okyanûsa Mezin (ku)
- Kyrgyz: Тынч океан (Tınc okean)
- Lao: ມະຫາສະໝຸດປາຊີຟິກ (lo) (ma hā sa mut pā sī fik)
- Latin: Ōceanus Pācificus m
- Latvian: Klusais okeāns
- Ligurian: Oçeano Paciffigo
- Lithuanian: Ramusis vandenynas (lt)
- Low German: Pazifische Ozean, Pazifik, Stille Ozean
- Macedonian: Тихи Океа́н m (Tihi Okeán)
- Malay: Lautan Pasifik (ms), Lautan Teduh (ms)
- Malayalam: ശാന്തസമുദ്രം (śāntasamudraṁ)
- Maltese: l-Oċean Paċifiku m
- Manx: Yn Keayn Sheealtagh m
- Maori: Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
- Marathi: प्रशांत महासागर (praśānta mahāsāgar)
- Mongolian: Номхон Далай (Nomxon Dalaj)
- Nahuatl: Ilhuicaātl Pacífico
- Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí tónteel
- Nepali: प्रशान्त महासागर (praśānta mahāsāgar)
- Newar: प्रशान्त महासागर (praśānta mahāsāgara)
- Northern Sami: Jaskesáhpi, Jaskesmearra
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Stillehavet (no) n
- Nynorsk: Stillehavet n
- Occitan: Ocean Pacific (oc) m
- Ojibwe: Ningaabii'an Gichigami
- Pashto: ارام سمندر (ps) m (arām samandar)
- Persian: اُقْیانوسِ آرام (oqyânus-e ârâm)
- Plautdietsch: Stelle Mäa n
- Polish: Ocean Spokojny (pl) m, Ocean Wielki m, Pacyfik (pl) m
- Portuguese: Oceano Pacífico (pt) m, Pacífico (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਪੈਸਿਫ਼ਿਕ (paisifik), پیسفک (pesfk)
- Quechua: Pasiphiku mama qucha
- Romanian: Oceanul Pacific (ro) n
- Russian: Ти́хий океа́н (ru) m (Tíxij okeán)
- Samoan: Vasa Pasefika
- Samogitian: Ramosis ondėnīns
- Scots: Paceefic Ocean
- Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Sèimh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ти̏хӣ о̀кеан m, Ти̏хӣ о̀цеан m
- Roman: Tȉhī òkean m, Tȉhī òcean (sh) m
- Silesian: Uocean Spokojny m, Pokojny Uocean m
- Sinhalese: ශාන්තිකර සාගරය (śāntikara sāgaraya)
- Slovak: Tichý oceán m
- Slovene: Tihi ocean (sl) m
- Somali: Badweeynta Baasifik
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Śichy ocean m
- Upper Sorbian: Ćichi ocean m
- Sotho: Lewatle la Phasifiki
- Southern Altai: Тымык теҥис (Tïmïk teŋis)
- Spanish: océano Pacífico (es) m, Pacífico (es) m
- Swahili: Pasifiki
- Swedish: Stilla havet (sv) n
- Tagalog: Karagatang Pasipiko (tl)
- Tahitian: Moana Pātitifā
- Tajik: Уқёнуси Ором (Uqyonus-i Orom)
- Tamil: பசிபிக் பெருங்கடல் (pacipik peruṅkaṭal)
- Tatar: Тын океан (Tın oqean)
- Telugu: పసిఫిక్ మహాసముద్రం (te) (pasiphik mahāsamudraṁ)
- Thai: มหาสมุทรแปซิฟิก (th) (má-hǎa-sà-mùt-bpɛɛ-sí-fìk)
- Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོ (zhi bde rgya mtsho chen po)
- Tigrinya: ሰላማዊ ውቅያኖስ (sälamawi wəḳyanos)
- Tok Pisin: Pasifik
- Turkish: Büyük Okyanus (tr), Pasifik Okyanusu (tr)
- Turkmen: Ýuwaş okean
- Ukrainian: Ти́хий океа́н m (Týxyj okeán)
- Urdu: بَحْر اَلکاہِل m (bahr alkāhil)
- Uyghur: تىنچ ئوكيان (tinch okyan)
- Uzbek: Tinch okeani
- Venetan: Osèano Pasìfego m
- Vietnamese: Thái Bình Dương (vi) (太平洋 (vi))
- Volapük: Pasifean (vo)
- Walloon: Oceyan Pacifike m
- Welsh: Cefnfor Tawel (cy)
- West Frisian: Stille Oseaan, Grutte Oseaan, Pasifyske Oseaan, Stille Súdsee (archaic)
- Wolof: Mbàmbulaan Gu-Dal
- Yakut: Чуумпу океан (Cuumpu okean)
- Yiddish: פּאַציפֿישער אָקעאַן m (patsifisher okean)
- Zazaki: Okyanuso Gırd (Southern Zazaki)
- Zhuang: Daibingzyangz
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