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Re: Ocean Names



"OceanPete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> top posted (but I don't want
to give anyone the impression I am a FAQthumper) in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> Mediterranean= middle of the land (Latin)
> Pacific as stated was named for its calmness by first Eurocentric explorers
> Atlantic was for Atlantis "beyond the pillars of Hercules" by the Greeks
> Indian is again Eurocentric.

The Southern Ocean is named for it's location. What do the inhabitants
of Barat call their ocean?



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