Pronunciation Proper noun
- The Atlantic Ocean.
- A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
- A city/county seat in Cass County, Iowa.
- French: Atlantique
- German: Atlantik
- Portuguese: Atlântico
- Russian: Атла́нтика
- Spanish: Atlántico
Atlantic (not comparable)
- 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 USA.
- Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
- Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
- Descended from the legendary Atlas.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.
- French: atlantique
- German: atlantisch
- Portuguese: atlântico
- Russian: атланти́ческий
- Spanish: atlántico
Atlantic (plural Atlantics)
- (rail) A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. swp 4-4-2 (locomotive)
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