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Oceanic may mean:

  • Of or relating to the ocean
    Ocean

    An ocean is a major body of Seawater, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a World Ocean that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas....
  • Of or relating to Oceania
    Oceania

    Oceania is a geography, often geopolitics, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville....
  • A person or the peoples of Oceania, also called "Pacific Islander
    Pacific Islander

    Pacific Islander , is a regional geography term to describe the Austronesian people inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia....
    (s)"
  • The Oceanic languages
    Oceanic languages

    The Oceanic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, containing approximately 450 languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia....
  • Oceanic climate
    Oceanic climate

    An oceanic climate is the climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes of all the world's continents, and in southeastern Australia....


Ships

  • RMS Oceanic (1870)
    RMS Oceanic (1870)

    RMS Oceanic was the White Star Line's first liner and an important turning point in passenger liner design.She was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and was launched on 27 August 1870, arriving in Liverpool for her maiden voyage on 26 February 1871....
  • RMS Oceanic (1899)
    RMS Oceanic (1899)

    RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner, built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage in 1899 and until 1901, was the largest ship in the world....
  • Oceanic (unfinished ship)
    Oceanic (unfinished ship)

    In the 1920s, the White Star Line gave the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff the commission to build the first -long ocean liner, with the planned name of Oceanic....
    , a project of the 1930s
  • SS Oceanic (1950), built as SS Independence in 1950
  • SS Oceanic (1965)


Businesses

  • Oceanic Time Warner Cable
    Time Warner Cable

    Time Warner Cable is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. Its corporate headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut, and has other corporate offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Herndon, Virginia; and Denver, Colorado....
    , a division of Time Warner
    Time Warner

    Time Warner Inc. is the world's third largest media and entertainment Conglomerate by market capitalization , headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City....
     cable based in Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
  • An aquarium
    Aquarium

    An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. fishkeeping use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants....
     manufacturer
  • Oceanic Worldwide
    Oceanic Worldwide

    Oceanic is a company which currently designs and manufactures sport-type Scuba diving gear. They were founded by Bob Hollis in 1972 and are based in San Leandro, California, USA....
    , a manufacturer of scuba gear
    Scuba set

    A scuba set is an independent breathing set that provides a scuba diver with the breathing gas necessary to breathe underwater during scuba diving....
  • Oceanic Communications , an integrated advertising, marketing and new media agency in the South Pacific, based in Suva, Fiji
    Fiji

    Fiji , officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands , is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu....
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Music

  • Oceanic (band)
    Oceanic (band)

    Oceanic were a two-member 1990s dance music/techno musical ensemble from England, most famous for the dance song, "Insanity", which was released in 1991....
    , a 90's UK dance act
  • Oceanic (Isis album)
    Oceanic (Isis album)

    Oceanic is the second full-length album by American post-metal band Isis , released on September 16, 2002 by Ipecac Recordings.On July 23, 2006, Isis performed Oceanic in its entirety at KOKO , Camden Town, London as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties curated Don't Look Back series....
  • Oceanic (Vangelis album)
    Oceanic (Vangelis album)

    Oceanic is a 1996 album by Greece electronic composer and artist Vangelis. It was released in Europe on October 25 1996, and in the U.S. on January 1997....
  • Oceanic (Falco Lombardi album)


In fiction

  • Oceanic Airlines
    Oceanic Airlines

    Oceanic Airlines is a fictional airline used in several films and television programs.Its most famous appearance is in Lost , where Oceanic Airlines is featured wiktionary:brand#Verb with a highly-stylized logo depicting an Aboriginal art#Papunya Tula and .22Dot Painting.22 that resembles a Bullseye , an island, or an "O" ....
    , often used in disaster movies
  • Oceanic Flight 815, a flight in the television series Lost
  • "Oceanic (story)
    Oceanic (story)

    "Oceanic" is a science fiction novella published in 1998 by Greg Egan. It won the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Novella....
    ", a sci-fi story by Greg Egan
    Greg Egan

    Greg Egan is an Australian List of science fiction authors.Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematics and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness....