Pacific Definition

pə-sĭfĭk
adjective
Making or tending to make peace; appeasing; conciliatory.
Webster's New World
Of a peaceful nature or disposition; not warlike; mild; tranquil; calm.
Webster's New World
Of, in, on, or near the Pacific Ocean.
Webster's New World
Of, on, or near the western coast of the United States.
American Heritage
Of or concerning countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, especially those of Asia and North America.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun
The Pacific Ocean.
Wiktionary

Origin of Pacific

  • French pacifique from Old French pacifice from Latin pācificus pāx pāc- peace pag- in Indo-European roots -ficus -fic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pācificus "peace-making"

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle French pacifique.

    From Wiktionary

Pacific Sentence Examples

  • There was a crude map to the Pacific Crest Inn.

  • This fell into the hands of the Northern Pacific railway, but was purchased by the promoters of the Canadian Northern railway.

  • He introduced the Thurman Bill, for which he was chiefly responsible, which became law in May 1878, and readjusted the government's relations with the bond-aided Pacific railways.

  • The fleet is divided into the Mediterranean squadron, the Northern squadron, the Atlantic division, the Far Eastern division, the Pacific division, the Indian Ocean division, the Cochin China division.

  • Evidence of this is to be found in the altitudes of the stations on the Buenos Aires and Pacific railway running a little north of west across the pampas to Mendoza.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAC

Words Ending With

CICFIC

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Words Starting With P and Ending With C

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