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Pac Pacific Related Latin Words Agree Peace Ocean—That

word PAC
meaning PAC is related to the Latin words for “agree” and “peace.” The Pacific Ocean—that is, the “Peaceful Ocean”—was named by Ferdinand Magellan because it seemed so calm after he had sailed through the storms near Cape Horn. (Magellan obviously had never witnessed a Pacific typhoon.)

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:1, mwvb::unit:1:root, obsidian_to_anki

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