asia-pacific
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
name
The part of the world in or near the western Pacific Ocean, typically including much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
Example Sentences
- "A special discriminatory formula is now applied to the immigration of persons who are attributable by their ancestry to an area called the Asia-Pacific triangle. This area embraces all countries from Pakistan to Japan and the Pacific islands north of Australia and New Zealand. Usually, the quota under which a prospective immigrant must enter is determined by his place of birth. However, if as much as one-half of an immigrant’s ancestors came from nations in the Asia-Pacific triangle, he must rely upon the small quota assigned to the country of his ancestry, regardless of where he was born. This provision of the law should be repealed."
- "Adding to that concern, the NATO summit included, also for the first time, the leaders of four Asia-Pacific countries: South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand."
- "Trump will hold his first meeting with Xi of his second term when the leaders of the world’s two largest economies visit South Korea later this month for an Asia-Pacific summit."
- "If current trends continue, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, by 2020 the Chinese could have more than 350 submarines and missile-equipped surface ships in the Asia-Pacific. By contrast, the U.S. Navy projects that it will have 67 submarines and surface ships “stationed in or forward deployed to” the Asia-Pacific by 2020."