The word 'Pacific' means what?

The Maori name for the Pacific Ocean means, "The great ocean of Kiwa." Kiwa is the Maori name for the Polynesian goddess of the sea. I can not imagine anyone considering this ocean to be calm or peaceful.

What's in a name? Sometimes not so much. The world's largest and deepest ocean which is known for it's cataclysmic typhoons happened to be calm as a sheet of glass with favorable light winds when Magellan sailed he named this new found ocean incognita the Pacific because it was relatively peacefulr

fergiethefrog, I can since it generally is.

Artie, Yet, my instinctive mind conjured a beautiful scene and described as peaceful!

Artie, I can’t help but wonder… How did he know he was in a new ocean? Especially since he was in a new ocean.

In my opinion, it’s the best ocean.

My favorite ocean.

SAINT , I concur. I spent days on a glass-smooth ocean, able to see the fish in the water from the deck