インド洋(よう)

いんどよう
noun
Indian Ocean
geographynature
1. Indian Ocean
The third-largest ocean in the world, located between Africa, Asia, and Australia.
インド洋(よう)は暖(あたた)かい海(うみ)だ。
The Indian Ocean is a warm sea.
I visited a country facing the Indian Ocean.
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean in the world, after the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

インド洋(よう) combines インド (India) + 洋(よう) (ocean). Named for the Indian subcontinent it borders.

Forms

The suffix 洋(よう) means 'ocean' and appears in all major ocean names. Note that 海(かい) (sea) is used instead for the Arctic and Southern oceans (北極海(ほっきょくかい), 南極海(なんきょくかい)).

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