Atlantic

Meaning

Name

1. The Atlantic Ocean.
2. A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
2. (not-comparable) 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 United States.
3. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
4. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
5. (not-comparable) Descended from the legendary Atlas.

Noun

A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

Synonyms

Atlantic Ocean

Translations

atlantique

Atlantique

Atlantico

Atlantik

Atlántico

atlantico

Atlântico

Atlantisch

océan Atlantique

Ατλαντικός Ωκεανός

Atlàntic

Oceà Atlàntic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ətˈlæn.tɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Atlantyke

In summary

From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

Sentences

It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean .