About The Word Atlantic
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What's The Definition Of Atlantic?
[n] the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
[adj] relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic currents" Synonyms | Synonyms for Atlantic: Atlantic Ocean Related Terms | Find terms related to Atlantic: See Also | Antarctic Ocean | battle of Trafalgar | Bay of Biscay | Bay of Fundy | Bermuda | Bermuda Triangle | Bermudas | Biscayne Bay | British Isles | Cape Verde Islands | Chesapeake Bay | Delaware Bay | Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe | English Channel | Faeroe Islands | Faeroes | Falkland Islands | Faroe Islands | Faroes | Galway Bay | Golfo de Mexico | Greenland | Gronland | Gulf of Guinea | Gulf of Mexico | Gulf of Saint Lawrence | Gulf of St. Lawrence | Iceland | Kalaallit Nunaat | Labrador Sea | Long Island Sound | Massachusetts Bay | New York Bay | Newfoundland | North Sea | Norwegian Sea | ocean | Orkney Islands | Penobscot Bay | Sao Thome e Principe | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome e Principe | Sargasso Sea | Shetland | Shetland Islands | St. Thomas and Principe | Tenerife | the Indies | Trafalgar | West Indies | Zetland Atlantic In Webster's Dictionary \At*lan"tic\, a. [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.
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