大西洋

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Chinese

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 west sea
simp. and trad.
(大西洋) 		大 西洋
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Etymology

Attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu by Matteo Ricci in 1602, literally “great west sea”, from 大 (“great”, meaning great distance) and 西洋 (“west sea”, meaning any seas in the west of Indochina), as opposed to 小西洋 (“lesser west sea”, i.e. Indian Ocean), 小東洋 (“lesser east sea”, i.e. West Pacific around Japan) and 大東洋 (“great east sea”, i.e. East Pacific around Mexico) (Zhang, 2012).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大西洋

  1. the Atlantic Ocean

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
大 西 洋
たい
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) • (Taiseiyō) ←たいせいやう (taiseyau)?

  1. the Atlantic Ocean

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
大西洋

Proper noun

大西洋 • (Daeseoyang or McCune-Reischauer: Taesŏyang or Yale: Tāyseyang) (hangeul 대서양)

  1. Hanja form? of 대서양 (“Atlantic Ocean”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大西洋

Proper noun

大西洋

  1. chữ Hán form of Đại Tây Dương (“Atlantic Ocean”).
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