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A map, with the Indian Ocean in dark blue
[edit] Etymology
From Old French occean (later reborrowed from Middle French océan), from Latin Oceanus from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), “‘Oceanus, a water deity’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
ocean (plural oceans)
- One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
- (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
[edit] Synonyms
- (large body of water): the ogin (UK, nautical and navy)
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
one of the five large bodies of water
- Albanian: oqeani sq(sq)
- Arabic: محيط (muḥíeṭ) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ (’ōqeyanōs) m.
- Armenian: օվկիանոս (ōvkianos)
- Azeri: okean az(az)
- Belarusian: акіян m.
- Bengali: সমুদ্র (samudra), মহাসমুদ্র
- Bosnian: okean bs(bs) m.
- Bulgarian: океан bg(bg) m.
- Catalan: oceà m.
- Cherokee: ᎠᎺᏉᎯ chr(chr) (amequohi)
- Chinese: 洋 (yáng), 大洋 (dàyáng), 海洋 (hǎiyáng)
- Croatian: ocean hr(hr) m.
- Czech: oceán cs(cs) m.
- Dutch: oceaan nl(nl)
- Esperanto: oceano eo(eo)
- Finnish: valtameri fi(fi)
- French: océan fr(fr) m.
- Georgian: ოკეანე ka(ka) (okeane)
- German: Ozean de(de) m.
- Greek: ωκεανός (oceanós) m.
- Greenlandic: imaq kl(kl)
- Hebrew: אוקינוס (’ōqeyanōs) m.
- Hebrew: יָם (yam) m.
- Hindi: महासागर (mahāsāgar), समन्दर (samandar), समुन्दर (samundar), अम्बुधि (ambudhi)
- Hungarian: óceán hu(hu)
- Icelandic: haf n., sjór m., ægir m. (poetic), úthaf n.
- Ido: oceano
- Italian: oceano it(it) m.
- Japanese: 大洋 (たいよう, taiyō), 海洋 (かいよう, kaiyō)
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- Korean: 대양 (daeyang)
- Latin: oceanus la(la) m.
- Lithuanian: okeanas m., vandenynas m.
- Macedonian: океан m.
- Malay: segara ms(ms)
- Malayalam: സമുദ്രം (samudram), സാഗരം (saagaram)
- Maltese: oċean mt(mt) m.
- Maori: moana, moana pīpipi, moana waiwai
- Old English: holm ang(ang), ġeofon ang(ang) n., gārsecg ang(ang) m.
- Persian: اقیانوس fa(fa) (oqyānus)
- Polish: ocean pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: oceano pt(pt) m.
- Rohingya: cáigor
- Russian: океан ru(ru) (okeán) m.
- Samoan: vasa sm(sm)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuan m., fairge f., tàbh m., cuan mòr m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: океан m.
- Roman: okean m.
- Sindhi: ساگَرُ m.
- Slovak: oceán sk(sk) m.
- Slovene: ocean sl(sl) m.
- Spanish: océano es(es) m.
- Swedish: ocean sv(sv)
- Telugu: మహా సముద్రం (mahaa samudram)
- Tupinambá: paranã
- Turkish: okyanus tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: океан uk(uk) m.
- Urdu: بحر (bahr), محیط (muhiyet), سمندر (samandar)
- Vietnamese: đại dương vi(vi)
- Volapük: sean vo(vo)
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