Pacific

See also: pacific, pacífic, and Pacífic

English

Etymology

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

Proper noun

the Pacific

1. The Pacific Ocean.
   • 1942 [October 22, 1942], Chiang, Kai-shek, “Endurance, conscientiousness”, in All We Are and All We Have‎^[1], New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC, page 45:

     When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia.

2. A municipality of Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Derived terms

• trans-Pacific
• transpacific

Translations

Pacific Ocean — see Pacific Ocean

Noun

Pacific (plural Pacifics)

1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

Adjective

Pacific (not comparable)

1. Related to the Pacific Ocean.

Derived terms

• Indo-Pacific
• Pacific blackchin
• Pacific County
• Pacific Daylight Time
• Pacific diver
• Pacific herring
• Pacific Islander
• Pacific Islands
• Pacific koel
• Pacific loon
• Pacific Northwest
• Pacific Rim
• Pacific silver fir
• Pacific Standard Time

 

Translations

related to the Pacific Ocean

• Czech: pacifický (cs)
• Hungarian: csendes-óceáni (hu)
• Polish: pacyficzny (pl)