okeāns

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Latvian

 okeāns on Latvian Wikipedia
Klusais okeāns

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Declension

Declension of okeāns (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) okeāns okeāni
accusative (akuzatīvs) okeānu okeānus
genitive (ģenitīvs) okeāna okeānu
dative (datīvs) okeānam okeāniem
instrumental (instrumentālis) okeānu okeāniem
locative (lokatīvs) okeānā okeānos
vocative (vokatīvs) okeān okeāni

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