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English > 1 sense of the expression *Indian Ocean*:
NOUN	object	Indian Ocean	the 3rd largest ocean

English > *Indian Ocean*: 1 sense > noun 1, object
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.
Instance of	ocean	A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
Parts	Antarctic Ocean	The southern waters surrounding Antarctica
	Arabian Sea	A northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
	Bay of Bengal	An arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
	Ceylon	An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
	Comoro Islands, Iles Comores	Three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar / Madagascar
	Gulf of Aden	Arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
	Madagascar	An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa
	Maldives, Maldive Islands	A group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
	Mauritius	An island in the southwestern Indian Ocean
	Mozambique Channel	An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar / Madagascar and southeastern Africa
	Red Sea	A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia
	Seychelles, Seychelles islands	A group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar / Madagascar
	Timor Sea	An arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia