Atlantic Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

  • /ətˈlæntɪk ˈoʊʃən/

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From Middle English occean Atlantyke, from Latin ōceanus Ā̆tlanticus.

proper noun the Atlantic Ocean

  1. The ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

    Similar: the Atlantic

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name the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east

Españolocéano Atlántico, Atlántico
한국어대서양 Daeseoyang
日本語大西洋 Taiseiyō
中文大西洋 Dàxīyáng
हिन्दीअन्ध महासागर andh mahāsāgar, अटलांटिक महासागर aṭlāṇṭik mahāsāgar
KiswahiliAtlantiki
PortuguêsAtlântico, Oceano Atlântico
Françaisocéan Atlantique, l’Atlantique
DeutschAtlantischer Ozean, Atlantik
ItalianoOceano Atlantico
ΕλληνικάΑτλαντικός Ωκεανός Atlantikós Okeanós
RomânăOceanul Atlantic
РусскийАтла́нтика Atlántika, Атланти́ческий океа́н Atlantíčeskij okeán
Tiếng ViệtĐại Tây Dương
العربيةالْمُحِيط الْأَطْلَسِيّ al-muḥīṭ al-ʔaṭlasiyy, الْأَطْلَسِيّ al-ʔaṭlasiyy
עבריתהאוקיינוס האטלנטי \ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הָאַטְלַנְטִי ha-okyanós ha-atlánti

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@misc{atlantic_ocean_2026,
  title = {Atlantic Ocean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atlantic%20ocean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}