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Atlantic^¹

/ətˈlæn.tɪk/ UK
/ətˈlan.tɪk/ British, Northern England, Scotland
/ætˈlæn.tɪk/
/ætˈlæn.ɪk/
[ætˈlæɾ̃.ɪk]

Rhymes with -æntɪk

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun the Atlantic · Atlantick

The Atlantic Ocean. Fernando Clavijo, head of the Canary Islands government, posted on X: "It is intolerable that lives continue to be lost. The Canaries cannot get used to or accept as normal the fact that the Atlantic continues to be a death trap."
A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.

proper noun Atlantick

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.

adjective Atlantick

not comparable Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic route from West Africa to the Canary Islands is one of the world's deadliest migration crossings.
not comparable 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 Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
not comparable Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
not comparable Descended from the legendary Atlas. The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

noun Atlantics · Atlantick

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.

atlantic^²

adjective

not comparable, rare Of or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.
Similar: atlanto-, atlo-

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: atlantic ocean, maritimes, newfoundland, labrador, canada, brunswick, western, region, nato, transatlantic, trans-atlantic, prairies, atlantica, ocean, seaboard, marine

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adj pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

Español	atlántico
Português	atlântico
Français	atlantique
Deutsch	atlantisch
Italiano	atlantico
Română	atlantic
Русский	атланти́ческий atlantíčeskij
العربية	أَطْلَسِيّ ʔaṭlasiyy

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@misc{atlantic_2026,
  title = {atlantic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atlantic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}