World Ocean

American  

[wurld oh-shuhn] / ˈwɜrld ˈoʊ ʃən /

Or world ocean

noun

1. the interconnected system of all the bodies of salt water that cover more than 70 percent of the earth’s surface.

   These statistical assessments of the World Ocean are of critical interest to oceanographers and climatologists everywhere.

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Etymology

Origin of World Ocean

Coined by Yuli Mikhailovich Shokalsky (1856–1940), Russian oceanographer and cartographer in Oceanography (1917)

Example Sentences

The song is set to be performed for the first time in Margate on 22 May before the song is released online on 8 June to coincide with World Ocean Day.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Celebrate the weekend before World Ocean Day in downtown Tacoma with a twilight lantern paddle and a beach cleanup.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

They began with 52 million data points in the World Ocean Atlas maintained by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From Nature • Jan. 2, 2017

For “excellence in media”, it cites our reporting on marine issues and our annual World Ocean Summits, which we have run since 2012.

From Economist • Mar. 5, 2015

Coordinated by the Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network, the biannual theme for 2011-2012 is "Youth: The Next Wave of Change."

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2011