Translation
ocean
Word origin
From Latin oceanus, from Greek okeanos. In Greek myth Okeanos was the great river believed to circle the whole world, and his name became the word for the vast open seas in most European languages.
- Origin
- Latin, from Greek
- Root
- okeanos
- English cognates
- ocean, oceanic
Examples
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The ocean is bigger than the sea.
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They travelled across the ocean by ship.
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Many strange fish live in the deep ocean.
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