Atlantic

[ at-lan-tik ]

/ ætˈlæn tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the Atlantic Ocean.

of, relating to, or situated on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.: the Atlantic states.

of or relating to the countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, especially those of North America and Europe.

of or relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or its members: the Atlantic Alliance.

noun

Atlantic Ocean.

Railroads. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.

Origin of Atlantic

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Atlanticum (mare) the Atlantic (ocean), neuter of Atlanticus < Greek Atlantikós of (Mount) Atlas, equivalent to Atlant- (stem of Átlās) + -ikos -ic

Related formssub-At·lan·tic, adjective

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There was Air France Flight 447, which fell into the south Atlantic in 2009.
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The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.
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“The youngest old man any of us knows,” an unnamed friend of Atlantic Publisher David Bradley said of Hughes.
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Much like the Taj Mahal, Revel opened in classically gaudy Atlantic City style in April 2012—with a sunrise Champagne toast.
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Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
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He believed in his Idea so thoroughly that he knew he was going to find something across the Atlantic.
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But the Atlantic would not alone produce so great an effect.
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News travelled slowly across the Atlantic, and neither British nor American commanders knew of it for months later.
A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton
The sea was calm, with just that pleasant, lazy swell which the Atlantic never really loses.
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It was learned beyond doubt at Atlantic that the Doctor and Ethel had been there.
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British Dictionary definitions for atlantic

Atlantic

/ (ətˈlæntɪk) /

noun

the Atlantic short for Atlantic Ocean

adjective

of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean

of or relating to Atlas or the Atlas Mountains

Word Origin for Atlantic

C15: from Latin Atlanticus, from Greek (pelagos) Atlantikos (the sea) of Atlas (so called because it lay beyond the Atlas Mountains)

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Word Origin and History for atlantic

Atlantic

late 14c., occean of Athlant "sea off the west coast of Africa" (early 15c. as occean Atlantyke), from Latin Atlanticus, from Greek Atlantikos "of Atlas," adjectival form of Atlas (genitive Atlantos), in reference to Mount Atlas in Mauritania (see Atlas). Applied to the whole ocean since c.1600.

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