bioceanic

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ oceanic

Adjective

bioceanic

1. Pertaining to (for example, bordering on, connecting, or dividing) two oceans.
   • 1976, Endel-Jakob Kolde, The Pacific Quest: The Concept and Scope of an Oceanic Community:

     Another definitional problem arises in connection with the bioceanic countries — that is, those bordering on two [oceans].

   • 1995, Growing Argentina, 1995-1999: 1995-1999 Five-year Plan : National Executive Power:

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

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

     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 […]

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

     […] 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 […]

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

     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 […]

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

     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 […]

   • 2020 March 3, Francisco José B. S. Leandro, Paulo Afonso B. Duarte, The Belt and Road Initiative: An Old Archetype of a New Development Model, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 325:

     […] of a bioceanic railway corridor connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the heart of South America.