okeāns

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Ōceanus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”), a water deity.

okeāns m (1st declension)

1. ocean (one of the largest natural masses of water, situated between continents)

   Atlantijas okeāns ― Atlantic Ocean

   Klusais okeāns ― Pacific Ocean

   Ziemeļu Ledus okeāns ― Artic (lit. Northern Ice) Ocean

   okeāna straumes ― ocean currents

   okeāna kuģis, tvaikonis ― ocean ship, steamer

   nedēļām ilgi kuģis brauca pa Indijas okeāna skumjajiem klajumiem ― for weeks the ship sailed through the sad plains of the Indic Ocean

• Okeānija