大西洋

Attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu by Matteo Ricci in 1602, literally “great west sea”, from 大 (“great”, meaning great distance) and 西洋 (“west sea”, meaning any seas in the west of Indochina), as opposed to 小西洋 (“lesser west sea”, i.e. Indian Ocean), 小東洋 (“lesser east sea”, i.e. West Pacific around Japan) and 大東洋 (“great east sea”, i.e. East Pacific around Mexico) (Zhang, 2012).

大西洋

1. the Atlantic Ocean

• (oceans) 大洋 (dàyáng); 北冰洋 (Běibīngyáng)/北極海／北极海 (Běijíhǎi), 南冰洋 (Nánbīngyáng), 印度洋 (Yìndùyáng), 大西洋 (Dàxīyáng), 太平洋 (Tàipíngyáng), ^{(Category: zh:Oceans)}

• (Tokyo) たいせ​ーよー [tàíséꜜèyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ise̞ːjo̞ː]

大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) • (Taiseiyō) ^{←たいせいやう (taiseyau)?}

1. the Atlantic Ocean

• (oceans) 大(たい)洋(よう) (taiyō); インド洋(よう) (Indo-yō, “Indian Ocean”), 大(たい)西(せい)洋(よう) (Taiseiyō, “Atlantic Ocean”), 太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう) (Taiheiyō, “Pacific Ocean”), 南(なん)極(きょく)海(かい) (Nankyokukai)/南(なん)大(たい)洋(よう) (Nantaiyō)/南(なん)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Nanpyōyō, “Antarctic Ocean”), 北(ほっ)極(きょく)海(かい) (Hokkyokukai)/北(ほっ)氷(ぴょう)洋(よう) (Hoppyōyō)/北(ほっ)極(きょく)洋(よう) (Hokkyokuyō, “Arctic Ocean”) ^{(Category: ja:Oceans)}

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

大西洋 • (Daeseoyang or McCune-Reischauer: Taesŏyang or Yale: Tāyseyang) (hangeul 대서양)

1. Hanja form^? of 대서양 (“Atlantic Ocean”).

大西洋

1. chữ Hán form of Đại Tây Dương (“Atlantic Ocean”).