South Pacific

[ south puh-sif-ik ]

noun

1. 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

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of South Pacific¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

When the war came, he joined the Navy, ended up in the South Pacific.

From The Daily Beast

On Broadway, South Pacific, Call Me Madam, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes were playing to packed houses—at $6.60 tops.

From 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.

From The Daily Beast

Among the Islands By Tim Flannery An eminent zoologist reports from his adventures through the South Pacific Islands.

From The Daily Beast

His words, set to music by Richard Rodgers in the American musical South Pacific, are memorable.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly he had found them without the almost universal bêche-de-mer English of the west South Pacific.

From Project Gutenberg

At this date Fiji, the most important group in the South Pacific, was practically unknown.

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Her timbers are now rotting on a reef in the South Pacific, said he.

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His heart burst from him, one day when they were two weeks in the South Pacific.

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And the plants and animals, though different, were more like those of the modern South Pacific than any others now living.

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