Atlantic Ocean

Often the Atlantic

[at-lan-tik oh-shuhn]

noun

1. an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere, with its deepest section in the Puerto Rico Trench: divided by the equator into the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean. 32,870,000 square miles (85,133,000 square kilometers).

Atlantic Ocean

noun

1. the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)

Atlantic Ocean

1. Second-largest ocean in the world, separating North America and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Atlantic Ocean¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Africa’s Great Green Wall is an ambitious project to counter the expansion of the Sahara Desert by planting a 5,000-mile greenbelt across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.

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Commissioner Adam Silver is planning to start a league on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean—all in a bid to open up new revenue streams for America’s most globally popular league.

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Residents across North Carolina’s Outer Banks and coast braced for flooding from a storm surge and powerful winds as Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Corrections & Amplifications The water body west of Namibia is the Atlantic Ocean.

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The perilous journey over the Atlantic Ocean has become an increasingly common route for African migrants trying to reach Europe.

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