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Pacific en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈsɪfɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean.
   • 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. 2023 December 22, Brad Lendon, “US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026:

Deriveds

Pacific tarpon · Pacific maple · Pacific crabapple · Pacific County · Pacific Bermuda Triangle · Pacific Rim · Pacific Standard Time · Pacific rat · Pacific silver fir · Pacific yew · Pacific Daylight Time · Pacific Heights · Pacific Islander · Pacific herring · Pacific white-sided dolphin · Plywood Pacific · Pacific loon · Great Pacific Garbage Patch · Pacific Time · Pacific War · Pacific water shrew · Pacific koel · Pacific Time Zone · Pacific Palisades · Pacific Ring of Fire · Eastern Pacific giant conch · Pacific tree frog · Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands · Pacifican · Indo-Pacific · Pacific blackchin · Pacific lamprey · North Pacific right whale · Pacific American · Pacific Crest · Pacific reef heron · Pacific Northwest · Pacificward · Pacific Islander American · Pacific diver · Pacific Islands

Translations (8)

ka წყნაროკეანური (related to the Pacific Ocean) · de pazifisch (related to the Pacific Ocean) · haw Pākīpika (related to the Pacific Ocean) · gl pacífico (related to the Pacific Ocean) · cs pacifický (related to the Pacific Ocean) · hu csendes-óceáni (related to the Pacific Ocean) · tkl Pāhefika (related to the Pacific Ocean) · pl pacyficzny (related to the Pacific Ocean)

Pacific en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈsɪfɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.
   • Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles. 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
   • 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. 1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 559:

Forms

wikipedia: 4-6-2 · wikidata: Q1043481

Pacific en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈsɪfɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The Pacific Ocean.
   • 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. 1942 [1942 October 22], Chiang Kai-shek, “Endurance, conscientiousness”, in All We Are and All We Have, New York: Chinese News Service, →OCLC, page 45:
   • 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. 2023 December 22, Brad Lendon, “US Air Force to reclaim Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings as it looks to counter China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026:
2. A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Forms

Deriveds

Pacific Rim · Asia-Pacific · trans-Pacific · War in the Pacific · War of the Pacific · Indo-Pacific · transpacific

wikidata: Q967048 · wikidata: Q98