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| n. (object) | 1. pacific, pacific ocean | the largest ocean in the world. |
| ~ invasion of iwo, iwo, iwo jima | a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945). |
| ~ battle of the philippine sea, philippine sea | a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte. |
| ~ guadalupe island | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California. |
| ~ aleutian islands, aleutians | an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska. |
| ~ oceania, oceanica | a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago). |
| ~ australasia | Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific. |
| ~ austronesia | islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia). |
| ~ wake island, wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. |
| ~ east india, east indies, malay archipelago | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia. |
| ~ new guinea | a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea. |
| ~ japan, japanese archipelago, japanese islands | a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean. |
| ~ volcano islands | a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas. |
| ~ new zealand islands, new zealand | North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific. |
| ~ belau, palau islands, pelew, palau | a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean. |
| ~ philippine islands, philippines | an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands. |
| ~ catalina island, santa catalina | an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California. |
| ~ antarctic ocean | the southern waters surrounding Antarctica. |
| ~ arafura sea | a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia. |
| ~ bering sea | part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait. |
| ~ coral sea | an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia. |
| ~ east china sea | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia. |
| ~ gulf of alaska | a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago. |
| ~ gulf of tehuantepec | an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico. |
| ~ inland sea | an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima. |
| ~ north pacific | that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator. |
| ~ ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. |
| ~ osaka bay | a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu. |
| ~ pacific coast | a coast of the Pacific Ocean. |
| ~ puget sound | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State. |
| ~ san diego bay | a bay of the Pacific in southern California. |
| ~ san francisco bay | a bay of the Pacific in western California. |
| ~ east sea, sea of japan | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan. |
| ~ sea of okhotsk | an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia. |
| ~ south china sea | a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons. |
| ~ south pacific | that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator. |
| ~ tasman sea | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand. |
| ~ huang hai, yellow sea | part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia. |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. pacific | relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean.; "Pacific islands" |
| adj. | 3. pacific, peaceable | disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature.; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner" |
| ~ peaceful, peaceable | not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" |
| adj. | 4. pacific | promoting peace.; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up" |
| ~ conciliative, conciliatory | intended to placate.; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" |
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