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太平洋 word · named-entity
太平洋 =
ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ · Tàipíngyáng
proper noun — the Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean on Earth

字源 FORM — what the parts do

great; extreme (太大的太)tài
calm; flat (和平的平)píng
ocean (海洋的洋)yáng
太平洋,太陽的太,和平的平,海洋的洋。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

麥哲倫橫渡時風浪靜,便叫它「」()的)。
Magellan crossed it in calm weather and named it the "peaceful" (太平) ocean (洋).
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關 · Related
大西Dàxīyángthe Atlantic — the other great hǎiyángthe common word for ocean — the same