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Indian Ocean n
(Placename) an ocean bordered by Africa in the west, Asia in the north, and Australia in the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean in the south. Average depth: 3900 m (13 000 ft.). Greatest depth (off the Sunda Islands): 7450 m (24 442 ft.). Area: about 73 556 000 sq. km (28 400 000 sq. miles) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Indian Ocean n the Indian Ocean → l'océan m Indien Indian restaurant n → restaurant m indien Indian summer n (= warm weather) → été m indien Indian wrestling n (US) → bras m de fer India paper n → papier m bible India rubber n → gomme f Indian Ocean n the Indian Ocean → l'Oceano Indiano Indian Ocean n the Indian Ocean → l'Oceano Indiano How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| the Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead, and was soon once more on the Indian Ocean. All the animals from here to the Indian Ocean are talking about this wonderful man, and how he can cure any kind of sickness, and how kind he is--the only man in the whole world who can talk the language of the animals Even at this day, if the Malay Archipelago were converted into land, the tropical parts of the Indian Ocean would form a large and perfectly enclosed basin, in which any great group of marine animals might be multiplied; and here they would remain confined, until some of the species became adapted to a cooler climate, and were enabled to double the southern capes of Africa or Australia, and thus reach other and distant seas. |
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