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Asia-Pacific en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
   • Adding to that concern, the NATO summit included, also for the first time, the leaders of four Asia-Pacific countries: South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. 2022 July 1, Amy Qin, Austin Ramzy, “Labeled a ‘Challenge’ by NATO, China Signals Its Own Hard-Line Worldview”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022:
   • Trump will hold his first meeting with Xi of his second term when the leaders of the world’s two largest economies visit South Korea later this month for an Asia-Pacific summit. 2025 October 20, Agence France-Press in Washington, “Trump says China ‘doesn’t want’ to invade Taiwan and reaffirms trust in Xi”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2025:
   • A special discriminatory formula is now applied to the immigration of persons who are attributable by their ancestry to an area called the Asia-Pacific triangle. This area embraces all countries from Pakistan to Japan and the Pacific islands north of Australia and New Zealand. Usually, the quota under which a prospective immigrant must enter is determined by his place of birth. However, if as much as one-half of an immigrant’s ancestors came from nations in the Asia-Pacific triangle, he must rely upon the small quota assigned to the country of his ancestry, regardless of where he was born. This provision of the law should be repealed. 1964, John F. Kennedy, “Where We Stand”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 81:

Forms

Asia-Pacific en · PROPN

Meanings

1. The part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
   • If current trends continue, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, by 2020 the Chinese could have more than 350 submarines and missile-equipped surface ships in the Asia-Pacific. By contrast, the U.S. Navy projects that it will have 67 submarines and surface ships “stationed in or forward deployed to” the Asia-Pacific by 2020. 2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:

Forms

Coordinates

Pacific Rim · Indo-Pacific

Translations (13)

th เอเชียแปซิฟิก (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · ko 아시아 태평양 지역 (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · ms Asia Pasifik (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · cmn 亞太 /亚太 (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · fi Aasian ja Tyynenmeren alue (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · id Asia Pasifik (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · fr Asie-Pacifique (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · ja アジア太平洋地域 (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · cmn 亞太地區 /亚太地区 (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · vi Châu Á Thái Bình Dương (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · es Asia-Pacífico (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · tl Asya-Pasipiko (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean) · pl Azja-Pacyfik (part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean)