South Pacific

[ southpuh-sif-ik ]

noun

the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Pacific Ocean, including all the coastal countries, islands, and archipelagos located there: expanding their commercial interests in the South Pacific.

adjective

of or relating to the region of the world that lies in the Southern Hemisphere of the Pacific Ocean, often specifically to the South Pacific Ocean itself: studying the South Pacific trenches.

Origin of South Pacific

First recorded in 1760–70

When the war came, he joined the Navy, ended up in the South Pacific.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune | Mike Lupica | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
On Broadway, South Pacific, Call Me Madam, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes were playing to packed houses—at $6.60 tops.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And only some lucky breaks had so far allowed U.S. Navy forces to slow the Japanese drive into the South Pacific.
The Nerds Who Won World War II | Marc Wortman | February 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Among the Islands By Tim Flannery An eminent zoologist reports from his adventures through the South Pacific Islands.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Oct. 29, 2012 | Nicholas Mancusi | October 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
His words, set to music by Richard Rodgers in the American musical South Pacific, are memorable.
Saudi Textbooks Incite Hate, Say Leaders in American Publishing | Robert L. Bernstein, Harold Evans, Larry Kirshbaum, Adam Bellow, Larry Hughes, Andre Schiffrin, Jonathan Karp | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Certainly he had found them without the almost universal bêche-de-mer English of the west South Pacific.
The Red One | Jack London
At this date Fiji, the most important group in the South Pacific, was practically unknown.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward Edwards
Her timbers are now rotting on a reef in the South Pacific, said he.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill | John T. McIntyre
His heart burst from him, one day when they were two weeks in the South Pacific.
The Sea Bride | Ben Ames Williams
And the plants and animals, though different, were more like those of the modern South Pacific than any others now living.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. Dawson

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