"Pacific" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pācificus||peace-making}} Latin pācificus (“peace-making”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Pacific (not comparable)
  1. Related to the Pacific Ocean. Tags: not-comparable Categories (place): Oceans Translations (related to the Pacific Ocean): pacifický (Czech), pacífico [masculine] (Galician), csendes-óceáni (Hungarian), pacyficzny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Pacific-en-adj-A5WrCSV6 Disambiguation of Oceans: 34 42 18 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 10 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 34 23 15 Derived forms: Pacific American, Pacific Bermuda Triangle, Pacific blackchin, Pacific County, Pacific Crest, Pacific Daylight Time, Pacific diver, Pacific Heights, Pacific herring, Pacific Islander, Pacific Islander American, Pacific Islands, Pacific koel, Pacific loon, Pacific maple, Pacific Northwest, Pacific rat, Pacific silver fir, Pacific Standard Time, Pacific tree frog, Pacific yew
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Indo-Pacific, Pacific Rim

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Pacific [canonical]
Etymology: From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pācificus||peace-making}} Latin pācificus (“peace-making”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Pacific}} the Pacific
  1. The Pacific Ocean. Categories (place): Oceans Derived forms: Asia-Pacific, trans-Pacific, transpacific
    Sense id: en-Pacific-en-name-MLwWjH7x Disambiguation of Oceans: 34 42 18 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 10 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 34 23 15
  2. A municipality of Franklin County, Missouri, United States. Categories (place): Municipalities of the United States, Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Oceans
    Sense id: en-Pacific-en-name-u~ZKXaQn Disambiguation of Oceans: 34 42 18 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 10 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 34 23 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Indo-Pacific, Pacific Rim

Noun [English]

Forms: Pacifics [plural]
Etymology: From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pācificus||peace-making}} Latin pācificus (“peace-making”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pacific (plural Pacifics)
  1. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-Pacific-en-noun-LHpmy5Dx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 10 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 34 23 15 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Related to the Pacific Ocean."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pacific Ocean",
          "Pacific Ocean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "related to the Pacific Ocean",
      "word": "pacifický"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "related to the Pacific Ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pacífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "related to the Pacific Ocean",
      "word": "csendes-óceáni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "related to the Pacific Ocean",
      "word": "pacyficzny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pacific"
}

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