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Definition of South pacific
1. Noun. That part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator.
Definition of South pacific
1. Proper noun. The southern part of the Pacific Ocean, from the equator to the Antarctic Ocean ¹
2. Proper noun. The islands of Oceania ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of South Pacific
Literary usage of South pacific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pacific by Ranginui Walker, William M. Sutherland (1988)
"The Rarotonga south pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty Michael Hamel-Green On
Hiroshima Day, 6 August 1985, at a meeting of the south pacific Forum in the ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"south pacific ocean:— New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Loyalty islands. 764. ...
south pacific ocean:—Ports and roadsteads in Solomon islands. 732. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"In the south pacific the northwest monsoon of Australia affects a belt running
cast of New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. In the cast the north-east ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The cause ot this is the greater number of islands in the south pacific Ocean,
... of rhe currents of the Pacific Ocean in 24 hours: south pacific OCEAN. ..."
5. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1858)
"Warm Current in the south pacific, 456.—Equatorial Currents in the south pacific,
458.—The Eflect of Rain and Evaporation upon Currents, 459. ..."
6. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade: A Record of Voyages by William T. Wawn (1893)
"(Noumea: south pacific Commission, Technical Paper No. 70). A Linguistic Survey
of the South-Western Pacific. New and Revised Edition. ..."
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