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Western Ocean

noun

, Nautical.
  1. the North Atlantic Ocean.


Western Ocean

noun

  1. (formerly) another name for Atlantic Ocean


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Columbus had hoped to establish a communication between our quarter of the world and India across the great western ocean.

The influence of the western ocean is very strongly marked, the temperature falling steadily from west to east.

Such indeed seem to have been the origin of the belief in that mysterious island OBrasil, lying far out in the western ocean.

Tamralipta and Kalinga on the eastern ocean wave, Pattan's port whose hardy children western ocean's dangers brave!

Its capital was Tzintzuntzan, and its fullest limit touched the waters of the western ocean.

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