okeāns

Latvian

Klusais okeāns

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”), a water deity.

Noun

okeāns m (1st declension)

  1. ocean (one of the largest natural masses of water, situated between continents)
    Atlantijas okeāns ― Atlantic Ocean
    Klusais okeāns ― Pacific Ocean
    Ziemeļu Ledus okeāns ― Artic (lit. Northern Ice) Ocean
    okeāna straumes ― ocean currents
    okeāna kuģis, tvaikonis ― ocean ship, steamer
    nedēļām ilgi kuģis brauca pa Indijas okeāna skumjajiem klajumiem ― for weeks the ship sailed through the sad plains of the Indic Ocean

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