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Western Ocean

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. the North Atlantic Ocean.


Western Ocean British  

noun

  1. (formerly) another name for Atlantic Ocean

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They'll give me a donkey's breakfast, When I sign away my pay; And across the Western Ocean We're bound away today.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the romantic notions withered by reality is that of human space explorers who will sail out into the solar system like Columbus into the Western Ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since the S. S. Savannah first ploughed her way across the North Atlantic in 26 days in 1819, leading maritime nations have fought steadily for the speed honors of the Western Ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

His first book, a diatribe about trends in art and architecture called The Irresponsible Arts, drew mostly critical barbs, but Across the Western Ocean fared better.

From Time Magazine Archive

The star of Dogvane, the king of the Ojabberaways, after resting for a short while over the green isle of his adoption, set forever in the Western Ocean.

From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Richard Clynton

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