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South Seas
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South Seas, name given by early explorers to the whole of the Pacific Ocean. In recent times the name has been used to mean only the central Pacific, the S Pacific, and the SW Pacific. More particularly it is applied to the South Sea Islands (see Oceania Oceania (ōshēăn`ēə, –ā`nēə) or Oceanica
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) and the waters about them.

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