The Indian ocean is the only ocean that is named after a country, which is India. It is also the world's third largest ocean.
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India - Indian Ocean.
There is no Asian country named after the arctic ocean. Russia borders the arctic ocean. perhaps you are thinking of India which is named after the Indian ocean?
Because India was the nearest significant country when the ocean was named.
India ocean
The Indian Ocean is the smallest ocean in the world. It is named for the Asian country of India which borders the ocean.
Panama canal
Waterbody named after our country
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im guessing they probably knew that Indians were the first to discover that ocean when the Indians traveling so they named it the (INDIAN) ocean
Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean
The Straits of Magellan (between Tierra del Fuego and Chile) are named after him. It is not an entire ocean.