Antarctica Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Proper noun
    • 1.3.1 Related terms
    • 1.3.2 Translations
  • 1.4 See also
• 2 Dutch
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Proper noun
• 3 Romanian
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Proper noun
    • 3.2.1 Declension

English

Etymology

From New Latin Antarctica < Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikos) < ἀντ- (ant-, “ant-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikos, “Arctic”) < Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (arktos, “bear”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌænˈtɑːk.tɪk.ə/, SAMPA: /%{n"tA:k.tIk.@/
• (US) IPA: /ænˈtɑɹktɪkə/

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Proper noun

Antarctica

1. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
2. The wider South Polar region comprising the Antarctic Continent as well as the adjacent Antarctic and Subantarctic islands, and the Southern Ocean waters situated south of the Antarctic Convergence.

Related terms

• Antarctic
• Antarctican

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• Appendix:Place names in Antarctica
• ant-
• Arctic
• Arctic Circle

Dutch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑn.ˈtɑrk.ti.kaː/

Proper noun

Antarctica n.

1. Antarctica

Romanian

Wikipedia ^ro

Pronunciation

• IPA: [anˈtark.tika]

Proper noun

Antarctica f.

1. Antarctica

Declension

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