Pacific Definition

Pacific
noun

1. Short for Pacific Ocean, the ocean between Asia and Australia, and North and South America.

Form: the Pacific

adj

1. In or relating to the area of the Pacific Ocean, or the Pacific Islands.

Etymology: 1820s: from pacific, so called by Ferdinand Magellan, the first European to sail it, because the ocean was notably calm when he crossed it in 1519.

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pacific
adj

1. Peaceful; peaceable.

Thesaurus: calm, mild, tranquil, placid, gentle, serene, peaceful.
2. Tending to make peace or keep the peace;

Thesaurus: conciliatory, appeasing, diplomatic, equable; Antonym: aggressive.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin pacificus, literally ‘peacemaking', from pax peace.