indo-pacific
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the tropical parts of the Indian Ocean and of the western Pacific Ocean.
name
The tropical parts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Example Sentences
- "There is also, after independence, the problem of military protection. History shows that no Indo-Pacific island has hitherto been able to survive without foreign intervention."
- "Prime Minister Mark Carney visits India, Australia and Japan seeking deals to strengthen his country’s links to Indo-Pacific powers and break Canada’s dependence on the United States. […] Accompanied by several ministers and provincial leaders, Mr. Carney wants to seal agreements to sell more oil, gas, and other natural resources abundant in Canada, secure investments and finalize defense deals with key Indo-Pacific countries."
- "President Biden affirmed his priorities of protecting the American people’s security, prosperity, health, and way of life, and preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific."
- "Meanwhile, Japan must bolster its own defenses and substantially increase defense spending to meet new threats. Tokyo should swallow some of its suspicions and move more quickly to rebuild frayed ties with South Korea. It should make cooperation with the United States a cornerstone of its engagement throughout the Indo-Pacific and with NATO. It is a full agenda and there is no time to lose."
- "Mr. Carney’s final stop is Japan, an important defense partner for Canada in the region, and joint pursuit of stability in the Indo-Pacific is likely to be high on the agenda."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
the Indo-Pacific (canonical)