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Webster 1913 Edition


Atlantic

At-lan′tic

,
Adj.
[L.
Atlanticus
, fr.
Atlas
. See
Atlas
and
Atlantes
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west;
as, the
Atlantic
Ocean (called also
the Atlantic
); the
Atlantic
basin; the
Atlantic
telegraph.
2.
Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
3.
Descended from Atlas.
The seven
Atlantic
sisters.
Milton.

Definition 2024


Atlantic

Atlantic

English

Proper noun

Atlantic

  1. The Atlantic Ocean.
  2. A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
Translations

Adjective

Atlantic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the USA.
  3. Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
  4. Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
  5. Descended from the legendary Atlas.
    • Milton
      The seven Atlantic sisters.

Translations

Anagrams

atlantic

atlantic

See also: Atlantic and Atlàntic

Romanian

Adjective

atlantic m, n (feminine singular atlantică, masculine plural atlantici, feminine and neuter plural atlantice)

  1. Atlantic (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean)
  2. Atlantic (pertaining to locations in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean)

Declension