Pacific
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- //pəˈsɪfɪk//
The Pacific Ocean.
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The Pacific Ocean.
When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fighting on the continent of East Asia.
The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
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A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
Étymologie
From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.
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A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.
Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
These were the first class of tender locomotives with this wheel arrangement in the world, although there is some doubt as to whether the name "Pacific" was given to the type because New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean or because some similar engines were built a few months later for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
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Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean.
The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
Formes
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