Atlantic

//ətˈlæn.tɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

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

    "The Seav'n Atlantick sisters."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Atlantic Ocean.
  2. 2
    A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
  3. 3
    A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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.

Etymology 4

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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