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Calm. That's why the Pacific Ocean is called the Pacific Ocean as its generally quite calm, but that can't mean all the way through it. Waves of 34m tall have been recorded in the Pacific Ocean.
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∙ 9y agoPacific is a word closely related to peace. For example, to pacify means to make someone or something calm. Both words originate from the Latin word for peacemaking, pacificus.
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What does it mean when the term PC is added to the end of a country name?
Pacific Coast.
What is the Pacific?
The Pacific is often the name that refers to the Pacific ocean
Did Balboa or Magellan name the Pacific Ocean?
Magellan name d the Pacific Ocean.
Name the states that lie along the Pacific Ocean?
Assuming that you mean American states, Wahington, Oregon, California
Name the lagest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean.
The new Pacific Railroad was a transcontinental railway. What does that mean?
the new pacific railroad was a transcontinental railway what does that mean?
What is the name of the plate that the pacific ocean is resting on?
The Pacific Plate
What is the hawaiian name for pacific palisades?
The Hawaiian name for Pacific Palisades is Pālaka Pākīkī, which translates to "sturdy cliffs" in English.
What did he name the pacific?
Magellan named it the Pacific since in means peace.
Why did the people that named the oceans name them the name that they did?
* well i know why Ferdinand Magellan named the pacific the pacific: he named it the pacific because pacific means peaceful and when he saw it it was very low tide and peaceful .
Why did they name the pacific ocean that name?
"Pacific" is from "peaceful". Ferdinand Magellan named in "Mar Pacifico" - Peaceful Sea.
What is the largest city in the Pacific region?
If you mean Oceania then it's Sydney, Australia. If you mean the Pacific Rim its Tokyo, Japan.
