bioceanic

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adjective

Pertaining to (for example, bordering on, connecting, or dividing) two oceans.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjective
  1. Pertaining to (for example, bordering on, connecting, or dividing) two oceans.

    […] existing routes that are considered to be Bioceanic Roadways will be given priority for completion.

    1995, Growing Argentina, 1995-1999: 1995-1999 Five-year Plan : National Executive Power
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    Another definitional problem arises in connection with the bioceanic countries — that is, those bordering on two [oceans].

    1976, Endel-Jakob Kolde, The Pacific Quest: The Concept and Scope of an Oceanic Community

    The only bioceanic connection between Rio Grande and Valparaíso is made up of 2,780 kilometers of highways through the state of Rio Grande do Sul and several provinces in Argentina. This corridor travels through[…]

    2000, Leigh B. Boske, Transportation in the Americas: Its Role in International Trade, Economic Integration, and Sustainable Development, Univ Texas at Austin Lyndon B

    […] such as a bioceanic corridor offered the prospect of better prices for Brazil's inland producers and an increase in international trade generated by the central-western and northern areas of the country, these observations were[…]

    2009, Sean W. Burges, Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War, page 121

    We find another instance of the maritime thrust in the controversial "bioceanic" approach, a proposal whereby Chile exercises dominance in the South Pacific and Argentina controls the South Atlantic. How to define the border between the[…]

    2010 July 22, Philip Kelly, Checkerboards and Shatterbelts: The Geopolitics of South America, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 68

    Besides, and this was the other thrust of the Argentine argument— the three islands were 'on the Atlantic' and consequently appertained to Argentine sovereignty. Argentina argued that, since the bioceanic principle was implicit in the[…]

    2016 September 30, Andrés Villar Gertner, Autonomy and Negotiation in Foreign Policy: The Beagle Channel Crisis, Springer, →ISBN, page 43

Origin

Translations

Spanish bioceánico
  • bioceánicoTranslations
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