Indo-Pacific

American

[in-doh-puh-sif-ik] / ˈɪn doʊ pəˈsɪf ɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans off the coast of southeast Asia.

noun

a proposed linguistic family including all the non-Austronesian languages of the Pacific peoples.

Indo-Pacific British

adjective

of or relating to the region of the Indian and W Pacific Oceans off the coast of SE Asia

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noun

a hypothetical family of languages relating the languages of New Guinea other than Malayo-Polynesian. Tentative affiliations with Malayo-Polynesian or Australian languages have been suggested

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Etymology

Origin of Indo-Pacific

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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Following India, officials say, Carney will travel to Australia to address that country’s Parliament and then finishes his Indo-Pacific trip in Tokyo to meet Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal

OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to the Indo-Pacific region this week, starting with a visit to India where he aims to accelerate efforts to deepen commercial ties with the country after years of diplomatic distress.

From The Wall Street Journal

Following India, officials say Carney will travel to Australia to address that country’s parliament to reaffirm Canada’s commitment as a strategic Indo-Pacific partner.

From The Wall Street Journal

He finishes his Indo-Pacific trip in Tokyo to meet Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Companies are looking at diversifying trade, perhaps more into the European market, into the Indo-Pacific markets which are fast growing, and that may be a lasting effect of the fluctuations we've seen in trade policy just in the last four weeks alone," Bain said.

From BBC

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