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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pacific ocean
 太平洋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 pa·cif·ic a.  Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition. [wns=3]
 Syn: -- peaceable.
 Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.
 Syn: -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Pacific Ocean
      n : the largest ocean in the world [syn: Pacific]