Pacific

pacific pacífic Pacífic English Etymology From en la pācificus peace-making, so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn. Pronunciation en /pəˈsɪfɪk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pacific.wav Southern England Proper noun the Pacific en Q98 The Pacific Ocean. en 1942 October 22, 1942 w:Chiang Kai-shek Endurance, conscientiousness All We Are and All We Have https://archive.org/details/allweareallwehav0000unse/ New York Chinese News Service 1051617732 45 https://archive.org/details/allweareallwehav0000unse/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. en Brad Lendon US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/asia/us-air-force-pacific-tinian-island-airfield-intl-hnk-ml 2023-12-22 The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. https://web.archive.org/web/20240709073925/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/asia/us-air-force-pacific-tinian-island-airfield-intl-hnk-ml/ 9 July 2024 en Q967048 en city co/Franklin County s/Missouri c/USA. Derived terms en Asia-Pacific circum-Pacific Indo-Pacific Pacific Rim trans-Pacific transpacific War in the Pacific War of the Pacific Translations Pacific Ocean Noun 4-6-2 en Q1043481 en rail A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. en 1951 April Stirling Everard A Matter of Pedigree Railway Magazine 600 273 Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles. en 1954 August J. B. Snell The New Zealand Government Railways—2 Railway Magazine 559 These were the first class of tender locomotives with this wheel arrangement in the world, although there is some doubt as to whether the name "Pacific" was given to the type because New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean or because some similar engines were built a few months later for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Adjective - Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean. en Brad Lendon US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/asia/us-air-force-pacific-tinian-island-airfield-intl-hnk-ml 2023-12-22 The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. https://web.archive.org/web/20240709073925/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/asia/us-air-force-pacific-tinian-island-airfield-intl-hnk-ml/ 9 July 2024 Derived terms en Pacific War Pacifican Pacificward Great Pacific Garbage Patch Pacific Time Pacific American Pacific Bermuda Triangle Pacific Heights Pacific Islander American Pacific maple Pacific yew Pacific sardine Indo-Pacific Pacific Crest North Pacific right whale Pacific Ring of Fire Pacific blackchin Eastern Pacific giant conch Pacific County Pacific tree frog Pacific Daylight Time Pacific crabapple Plywood Pacific Pacific diver Pacific Time Zone Pacific herring Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Pacific Islands Pacific tarpon Pacific Islander Pacific reef heron Pacific koel Pacific loon Pacific Northwest Pacific water shrew Pacific lamprey Pacific Palisades Pacific rat Pacific Rim Pacific Standard Time Pacific silver fir Pacific white-sided dolphin Translations related to the Pacific Ocean Czech: cs pacifický Galician: gl pacífico m Georgian: ka წყნაროკეანური German: de pazifisch Hawaiian: haw Pākīpika Hungarian: hu csendes-óceáni Polish: pl pacyficzny Tokelauan: tkl Pāhefika en Oceans