ocean

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ʃən/

The English word “ocean” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
Water belonging to an ocean.
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).

Etymology

From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity). Displaced native Old English gārseċġ. Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ōceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer).…

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