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Oceanic may refer to: *Of or relating to the
ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...
*Of or relating to
Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...
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Oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
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Oceanic languages The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
**Oceanic person or people, also called "
Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe the original p ...
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Places

* Oceanic, British Columbia, a settlement on Smith Island, British Columbia, Canada *
Oceanic, New Jersey Oceanic is an unincorporated community located within Rumson in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.Locality Search< ...
, an unincorporated community within Rumson Borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States


Ships named Oceanic

* , the White Star Line's first ocean liner * , a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line * , a project of the 1930s * , built as SS ''Independence'' in 1950 * , also named ''Big Red Boat I'' by Premier Cruises


Art, entertainment, and media


Fictional entities

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Oceanic Airlines Oceanic Airlines, and less frequently, Oceanic Airways, is the name of a fictional airline used in several films, television programs, and comic books—typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real ...
or Oceanic Airways, often used in disaster movies *
Oceanic Flight 815 Oceanic Airlines, and less frequently, Oceanic Airways, is the name of a fictional airline used in several films, television programs, and comic books—typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real a ...
, a flight in the television series ''Lost''


Literature

* "Oceanic" (novella), a 1998 sci-fi novella by Greg Egan


Music

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Oceanic (band) Oceanic were an English electronic dance music group, consisting of David Harry, Frank Crofts and singer Jorinde Williams. Biography The band were most famous for the dance hit song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991. This was the group's ...
, a 1990s UK dance/house act ;Albums * ''Oceanic'' (Isis album) * ''Oceanic'' (Vangelis album) * ''Oceanic'',
Emil Bulls Emil Bulls is a German rock band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist. History In 1995, Christoph "Christ" von Freydorf (vocals) and Stefan ...
album ;Symphonies * ''Oceanic days'',
Sunleif Rasmussen Sunleif Rasmussen (born March 19, 1961 in Sandur in the Faroe Islands) is the foremost Faroese composer of classical music. Biography Rasmussen studied in Norway, then returned to Tórshavn in the Faroes as a music teacher and jazz pianist. Fro ...
's Symphony no. 1


Businesses

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Oceanic Bank Oceanic Bank International, commonly referred to as Oceanic Bank, was a bank in Nigeria that provided individual, commercial and corporate banking services. History Oceanic Bank was incorporated on March 26, 1990, as a private limited liability ...
of Nigeria *
Oceanic Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operat ...
, a division of Time Warner Cable based in Hawaii *
Oceanic Worldwide Oceanic is an American manufacturer of scuba gear. It was founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and is based in San Leandro, California, United States. Its products include dive computers, rebreathers and a novel diving mask incorporating a heads-up-disp ...
, a manufacturer of scuba gear *Oceanic, a French electronics brand since 1934


Psychology

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Oceanic feeling In a 1927 letter to Sigmund Freud, Romain Rolland coined the phrase "oceanic feeling" to refer to "a sensation of 'eternity, a feeling of " being one with the external world as a whole", inspired by the example of Ramakrishna, among other mysti ...
, of "being one with the external world as a whole"


Sports

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Rimouski Oceanic Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the C ...
, a franchise of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in Canada


See also

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Ocean (disambiguation) An ocean is a major body of salt water. Ocean may also refer to: Bodies of water *The sea *World Ocean, also known as Global Ocean or World Sea Places * Ocean (Muni), a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network * Océa ...
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Oceania (disambiguation) Oceania is the geographical region comprising the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. Oceania may also refer to: * One of the fictional nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four, in George Orwell's novel, ''Nineteen Eighty-Fou ...
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Oceanus (disambiguation) Oceanus is the personification of the world-ocean in Greek myth. Oceanus may also refer to: People * Oceanus Hopkins (1620 – c. 1627), the only child born on the ''Mayflower'' during its historic voyage which brought the Pilgrims to America ...
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