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a floating city that crossed oceans before the airplane stole its thunder
means A large passenger ship built to carry people across open ocean on long, scheduled routes, especially the great transatlantic vessels of the steamship age.
from A compound of "ocean" and "liner." "Ocean" comes through Old French from Latin "oceanus" and ultimately Greek "Okeanos," the great river the ancient Greeks believed encircled the world. "Liner" is the telling half: it means a ship belonging to a "line" — a shipping company running fixed, advertised routes on a schedule, as opposed to a "tramp" steamer that wandered wherever cargo called. So an ocean liner is, quite literally, an ocean-crossing ship that runs the line. (Note: the word here is spelled "ocenliner," missing the second 'a' of "ocean.")
- likely typo
- probably means ocean liner, the seafaring giant
- built to commute
- liners ran schedules, cruise ships just wander
- thick hull
- reinforced steel survives brutal open-ocean swells
- queen mary 2
- only true ocean liner still sailing today
- speed game
- the Blue Riband prized fastest Atlantic crossings
queen mary 2 — cunard's flagship ocean liner, 151,400 tons, launched 2003, still in active transatlantic service
wonder of the seas — royal caribbean's newest ship, 236,857 tons, launched 2022, largest cruise liner by tonnage
symphony of the seas — royal caribbean vessel, 228,081 tons, launched 2018, second-largest passenger ship in the world