词源

源自拉丁語 (“带来和平的”)，麦哲伦在驶过合恩角得以平安地渡过太平洋，因此他如此命名这片海洋。

专有名词

1. 太平洋
   • 1942 [1942 10月 22], Kai-shek Chiang, “Endurance, conscientiousness”, 出自 All We Are and All We Have‎, : Chinese News Service, →OCLC，頁號 45:

     When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 自治市名，位於美国密苏里州富兰克林县。

名词

(複數)

1. (鐵路運輸) 蒸汽机车的4-6-2车轮配置

形容词

(無比較級)

1. 太平洋的