INDIAN OCEAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian Ocean mean?
• INDIAN OCEAN (noun)
The noun INDIAN OCEAN has 1 sense:
1. the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the East and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
Familiarity information: INDIAN OCEAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INDIAN OCEAN (noun)
Meaning:
The 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the East and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
Meronyms (parts of "Indian Ocean"):
Ceylon (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India)
Red Sea (a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal)
Mozambique Channel (an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa)
Gulf of Aden (arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea)
Bay of Bengal (an arm of the Indian Ocean east of India)
Arabian Sea (a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia)
Antarctic Ocean (the southern waters surrounding Antarctica)
Seychelles; Seychelles islands (a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean north of Madagascar)
Mauritius (an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean)
Maldive Islands; Maldives (a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean)
Madagascar (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world)
Comoro Islands; Iles Comores (three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar)
Timor Sea (an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia)
