Atlantic

adj. of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean (ocean bordered by Europe and Africa in the east and the Americas in the west)

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres (41.1 million square miles), it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas". The oldest known mention of this name is contained in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (I 202); see also: Atlas Mountains. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term "ocean" was synonymous with the waters beyond Western Europe that we now know as the Atlantic and which the Greeks had believed to be a gigantic river encircling the world; see Oceanus.
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Noun
1. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
(synonym) Atlantic Ocean
(hypernym) ocean
(hyponym) Bermuda Triangle
(part-meronym) Bermuda, Bermudas
(class) Trafalgar, battle of Trafalgar
Adjective
1. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic currents"
(pertainym) Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean

(a.)
Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
  

(a.)
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.
  

(a.)
Descended from Atlas.
  

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