Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean.
Adjective
- Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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.
- Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
- Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
- Descended from the legendary Atlas.
- The Seav'n Atlantick sisters. - 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC;...
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic 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.
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Proper noun Entry 2
- The Atlantic Ocean.
- A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
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Proper noun Entry 3
- A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
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amphiatlantic Atlantic City Atlantic County Atlantic croaker Atlantic Daylight Time Atlantic ghost crab Atlantic Highlands Atlantic hookear sculpin Atlantic silverside Atlantic Standard Time Zone Atlantic tarpon Atlantic Time Atlantic trumpetfish Atlantic Wall East Atlantic peacock wrasse Euro-Atlantic Graveyard of the Atlantic Mid-Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organisation North Atlantic Treaty Organization Subatlantic transatlantic trans-Atlantic West Atlantic trumpetfish
Noun
- A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
- It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic. - 1944 January and February, 'Voyageur',...
- Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern. - 1952 December, R. S. McNaught, “The Voice of the Locomotive”,...
- A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years. -...