transpacific

[ trans-puh-sif-ik ]

adjective

1. passing or extending across the Pacific.
2. beyond or on the other side of the Pacific.

transpacific

/ ˌtrænzpəˈsɪfɪk /

adjective

1. crossing the Pacific
2. on or from the other side of the Pacific

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpacific¹

1890–95; trans- + Pacific ( def )

Example Sentences

Kuramitsu wrote about Shiokava for the 2017 “Transpacific Borderlands” exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum and visited his studio on multiple occasions.

From Los Angeles Times

The star of the auction is a typed letter to Earhart signed by Roosevelt congratulating her on her transpacific solo flight, an 18-hour journey from Hawaii to the continental United States in 1935.

From Seattle Times

In the 1950s and ’60s, Rath said, three innovations made it much easier to import products from Japan: refrigerated shipping containers, regular and direct transpacific flights, and the globalization of Japan’s fishing fleet.

From Los Angeles Times

“Cantonese is not an esoteric language that only serves the interest of a few,” said Ng, 28, now a visiting assistant professor at Grinnell College with a focus on the archaeology of transpacific migration and Asian diasporic communities.

From Los Angeles Times

Whatever else happened from there, the hard part — not just the unprecedented jump she had just landed, a left double 1620 safety, but the accumulated toll of the massive expectations and transpacific intrigue — was over.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• abroad
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