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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

海

Pronunciation / Transliteration: umi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ocean/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"太平洋は世界で最も大きな海です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface.

    "The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on the planet."
  2. 2

    Any of the major divisions of the world's oceans.

    "The Atlantic Ocean separates North America from Europe."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Ancient Greek word ōkeanós, which referred to the great river encircling the earth. It passed into Latin as oceanus before entering Middle English via Old French in the 13th century.

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