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transoceanic

tran zoh shee a nik

  • a  on or from the other side of an ocean
    transoceanic crossing

  • That, evidently, is how one gets around the daunting problems faced at sea on the nonstop, transoceanic solo races that only a tiny lite of sailors feels able to tackle races .
  • One transoceanic and two intercontinental wavelengths to the Consolidated Press.
  • For 16 years he has been experimenting and designing such a sea base having in mind ocean way stations for ships and, more lately for transoceanic aircraft.
News & Articles

  • Approval of Nicaraguan canal criticized
    MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 14 (UPI) -- Nicaraguan lawmakers approved the construction of a transoceanic canal that would cost $40 billion and span 180 miles, but experts say it may never be built.
    June 14, 2013 - UPI
Quotes

  • António Costa in AFP
    The mayor of the Portuguese capital, Antonio Costa, said it was an "honour" for the city to be involved in the "biggest transoceanic adventure of modern times" given its lengthy nautical tradition.
  • Dmitry Medvedev in EasyBourse.com
    Medvedev said he and Ortega had discussed "the creation of a transoceanic channel, naturally, on an international basis with the inclusion of different participants."
  • Felipe Fernandez-Armesto in Wall Street Journal
    An observer of the world in the fifteenth century would surely have forecast that the Chinese would precede all other peoples in the discovery of world-girdling, transoceanic routes, and the inauguration of far-flung seaborne imperialism,...

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