"Great Pacific Garbage Patch" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch [canonical]
Etymology: great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”) Etymology templates: {{affix|en|great|Pacific|garbage patch|t1=large in terms of size or importance|t2=relating to the Pacific Ocean|t3=gyre of marine debris}} great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Great Pacific Garbage Patch}} the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  1. (oceanography) A large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific, the largest garbage patch in the world. Categories (topical): Oceanography Categories (place): Regions in the world Synonyms: Pacific Trash Vortex, North Pacific Garbage Patch Derived forms: GPGP [abbreviation] Translations (large Pacific trash gyre): 太平洋垃圾帶 /太平洋垃圾带 (Tàipíngyáng Lājīdài) (Chinese Mandarin)
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