Indian Ocean

English

Indian Ocean

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Indian Ocean

2. The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
   • 1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building‎^[1], Department of Geography, University of Chicago, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38:

     In the west, the outer periphery of the Inner Zone is the great divide separating Pacific Ocean and South China Sea drainage on the one hand, from drainage oriented towards Hsin-chiang in the northwest and towards the Indian Ocean in the southwest, on the other.

Translations

the ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica

• Afrikaans: Indiese Oseaan
• Albanian: Oqeani Indian (sq) m
• Amharic: ሕንድ ውቅያኖስ (ḥənd wəḳyanos)
• Arabic: الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ m (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy)
• Armenian: Հնդկական օվկիանոս (Hndkakan ōvkianos)
• Assamese: ভাৰত মহাসাগৰ (bharot mohaxagor)
• Azerbaijani: Hind okeanı (az)
• Basque: Indiako ozeanoa
• Belarusian: Інды́йскі акія́н m (Indýjski akiján)
• Bengali: ভারত মহাসাগর (bharot mohaśagor)
• Breton: Meurvor Indez m
• Bulgarian: Инди́йски океа́н m (Indíjski okeán)
• Burmese: အိန္ဒိယသမုဒ္ဒရာ (indi.ya.sa.mudda.ra)
• Buryat: Энэдхэгэй далай (Enedxegej dalaj)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Інді́йскый океа́н m (Indíjskŷj okeán)
• Catalan: Oceà Índic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度洋 (zh) (Yìndùyáng)

• Czech: Indický oceán (cs) m
• Danish: Indiske Ocean
• Dhivehi: ހިންދު ކަނޑު (hin̊du kaⁿḍu)
• Dutch: Indische Oceaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: Hinda Oceano (eo)
• Estonian: India ookean
• Faroese: Indiska hav n
• Finnish: Intian valtameri (fi)
• French: océan Indien (fr) m
• Galician: océano Índico (gl) m, Índico (gl) m
• Georgian: ინდოეთის ოკეანე (indoetis oḳeane)
• German: Indischer Ozean (de) m
• Greek: Ινδικός Ωκεανός (el) m (Indikós Okeanós)
• Gujarati: હિંદ મહાસાગર (hind mahāsāgar)
• Hebrew: האוקיינוס ההודי \ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הַהֹדּי (he) m (ha-okyanós ha-hódi)
• Hindi: हिंद महासागर m (hind mahāsāgar), हिन्द महासागर (hi) m (hind mahāsāgar)
• Hungarian: Indiai-óceán (hu)
• Icelandic: Indlandshaf (is) n
• Indonesian: Samudra Hindia
• Irish: An tAigéan Indiach m
• Italian: Oceano Indiano (it) m
• Japanese: インド洋 (ja) (Indoyō), 印度洋 (ja) (Indoyō)
• Kannada: ಹಿಂದೂ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ (hindū mahāsāgara)
• Kazakh: Үнді мұхиты (Ündı mūxity)
• Khmer: មហាសមុទ្រឥណ្ឌា (mĕəʼhaasaʼmot ʼəndiə)
• Korean: 인도양(印度洋) (ko) (Indoyang)
• Kyrgyz: Инди океаны (İndi okeanı)
• Lao: ມະຫາສະໝຸດອິນເດຍ (ma hā sa mut ʼin dīa)
• Latvian: Indijas okeāns m
• Lithuanian: Indijos vandenynas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Индиски Океа́н m (Indiski Okeán)
• Malay: Lautan Hindi (ms), Lautan Kidul
• Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യൻ മഹാസമുദ്രം (intyaṉ mahāsamudraṁ)
• Maltese: l-Oċean Indjan
• Marathi: हिंदी महासागर (hindī mahāsāgar)
• Mongolian: Энэтхэгийн Далай (Enetxegiin Dalaj)
• Navajo: Bitsįʼ yishtłizhii tónteel
• Nepali: हिन्द महासागर (hinda mahāsāgar)
• Norman: Océan Îndgien m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Indiahavet (no), Det indiske hav

  Nynorsk: Indiahavet, Det indiske havet

• Ojibwe: Intia Gichigami
• Pashto: هندي سمندر m (hendí samandár)
• Persian: اقیانوس هند (oqyânus-e hend)
• Polish: Ocean Indyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Oceano Índico (pt) m, Índico (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ (hind mahānsāgar)
• Romanian: Oceanul Indian (ro) n
• Russian: Инди́йский океа́н (ru) m (Indíjskij okeán)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Cuan Innseanach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Индијски океан m, Индијски оцеан m

  Roman: Indijski okean m, Indijski ocean m

• Sinhalese: ඉන්දියානු සාගරය (indiyānu sāgaraya)
• Slovak: Indický oceán m
• Slovene: Indijski ocean m
• Somali: Badweynta Hindia
• Sotho: Lewatle la India
• Spanish: océano Índico (es) m, Índico (es) m
• Swahili: Bahari ya Hindi
• Swedish: Indiska oceanen (sv)
• Tagalog: Karagatang Indiyano
• Tajik: Уқёнуси Ҳинд (Uqyonus-i Hind)
• Tamil: இந்து மகாசமுத்திரம் (intu makācamuttiram), இந்தியப் பெருங்கடல் (intiyap peruṅkaṭal)
• Tatar: Һинд океаны (Hind oqeanı)
• Telugu: హిందూ మహాసముద్రం (te) (hindū mahāsamudraṁ)
• Thai: มหาสมุทรอินเดีย (th) (má-hǎa-sà-mùt-in-diia)
• Tigrinya: ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ (həndawi wəḳyanos)
• Turkish: Hint Okyanusu (tr)
• Turkmen: Hindi okeany
• Ukrainian: Інді́йський океа́н m (Indíjsʹkyj okeán)
• Urdu: بحر ہند m (behr hind)
• Uyghur: ھىندى ئوكيان (hindi okyan)
• Uzbek: Hind okeani
• Vietnamese: Ấn Độ Dương (vi) (印度洋 (vi))
• Volapük: Lindean (vo)
• Welsh: Cefnfor India (cy), Cefnfor India (cy)
• Western Panjabi: وڈا سمندر ہند (vḍā smndr hnd)
• Yiddish: אינדישער אָקעאַן m (indisher okean)

See also

• (oceans) ocean; Antarctic Ocean/Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, ^{(Category: en:Oceans)}

Further reading

• “Indian Ocean”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Indian Ocean”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.