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Indian Ocean

[in-dee-uhn oh-shuhn] / ˈɪn di ən ˈoʊ ʃən /


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At least 20 people have died after a powerful cyclone struck Madagascar, says the disaster authority in the Indian Ocean island.

From BBC

I learn from Wikipedia that the Republic of Maldives is an archipelagic state —meaning a country composed of different islands—in the Indian Ocean.

From Literature

Footage posted on X appeared to show passengers leaving the aircraft and walking away from the wreckage on the shore of the Indian Ocean.

From BBC

The defence department said it "tracked and hunted" the Aquila II from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, thousands of miles away.

From BBC

U.S. forces chased down an oil tanker fleeing the quarantine around Venezuela all the way to the Indian Ocean, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Monday, a monthlong pursuit that ended in the ship’s capture.

From The Wall Street Journal