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; 北冰洋/‎北極海,‎ 南冰洋,‎ 印度洋,‎ 大西洋,‎ 太平洋 ^{(Category: zh:Oceans) [edit]}

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

大西洋 (hiragana たいせいよう, rōmaji Taiseiyō, historical hiragana たいせいやう)

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, McCune-Reischauer: Taesŏyang, Yale: Tāyseyang) (hangeul 대서양)

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