Antarctica
UK/ˌænˈtɑːktɪkə//æntˈɑɹ(k)tɪkə/
Antarctica proper noun: the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
Proper noun
Antarctica
- The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
- The five largest islands or peninsulas in which the crests of the World Ridges break through the uniform covering of the hydrosphere are termed continents, and designated by the names Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia. They are distinguished from other islands and...1891, Hugh Robert Mill, “THE CONTINENTAL AREA”, in The Realm of Nature: An Outline of Physiography, London: John Murray, published 1892, →OCLC, page 274
- Dr. Murray believes that Alexander I. Land is a part of the west coast of Graham's Land, and that this landmass, which Biscoe and Larsen proved to widen rapidly toward the south, is only a peninsula of the continent of Antarctica.1894 August, Cyrus C. Adams, “Antarctic Exploration”, in The American Naturalist, volume XXVIII, number 332, sourced from New York Sun, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 696
- the Antarctic
Antarctica meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Antarctica in Hindi
- southernmost continent
- अंटार्कटिका aṇṭārkaṭikā
Antarctica in Tamil
- southernmost continent
- அந்தாட்டிக்கா antāṭṭikkā, அண்டார்டிகா aṇṭārṭikā
Antarctica in Marathi
- southernmost continent
- अंटार्क्टिका aṇṭārkṭikā
Antarctica in Urdu
- southernmost continent
- انٹارکٹکا aṇṭārkṭikā
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- Antarctica in Bengali
- আন্টার্কটিকা anṭarkṭika
- Antarctica in Telugu
- అంటార్కిటికా aṇṭārkiṭikā
- Antarctica in Malayalam
- അന്റാർട്ടിക്ക anṟāṟṭṭikka
- Antarctica in Kannada
- ಅಂಟಾರ್ಕ್ಟಿಕ aṇṭārkṭika
- Antarctica in Punjabi
- ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕਾ aṇṭārkaṭikā
- Antarctica in Gujarati
- ઍન્ટાર્કટિકા ěnṭārkaṭikā
- Antarctica in Odia
- ଆଣ୍ଟର୍କଟିକା āṇṭarkaṭikā
- Antarctica in Sanskrit
- दक्षिणध्रुवीयमहाद्वीपः dakṣiṇadhruviyamahādvīpaḥ
- Antarctica in Sinhala
- ඇන්ටාක්ටිකාව ænṭākṭikāwa
- Antarctica in Tagalog
- Antarctica
- Antarctica in Arabic
- أَنْتَارْكِتِيكَا ʔantārkitīkā, الْقُطْبُ الْجَنُوبِيّ al-quṭbu l-janūbiyy
- Antarctica in Malay
- Antartika
- Antarctica in Indonesian
- Antartika, Antarktika
- Antarctica in Persian
- جنوبگان jonubegân
- Antarctica in Thai
- แอนตาร์กติกา ɛn-dtáak-dtì-gâa
- Antarctica in Vietnamese
- Châu Nam Cực
- Antarctica in Myanmar
- အန္တာတိက antati.ka.
- Dzongkha
- ཨེན་ཊཱག་ཊི་ཀ་ en ṭāg ṭi ka
Examples of Antarctica in a sentence
- The elevated region round the South Pole is crowned by the unexplored and scarcely discovered continent of Antarctica.1891, Hugh Robert Mill, “THE CONTINENTAL AREA”, in The Realm of Nature: An Outline of Physiography, London: John Murray, published 1892...
- To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow.1988 April 14, Richard Fifield, “Frozen assets of the ice cores”, in New Scientist, number 1608, page 28:
Origin of Antarctica
From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντι- (anti-, “anti-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).
Words formed from Antarctica
Questions about Antarctica
- What does Antarctica mean?
- Antarctica means the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
- What is Antarctica in Hindi?
- Antarctica in Hindi is अंटार्कटिका (aṇṭārkaṭikā). See Antarctica meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Antarctica in a sentence?
- The elevated region round the South Pole is crowned by the unexplored and scarcely discovered continent of Antarctica.
- What part of speech is Antarctica?
- Antarctica is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Antarctica?
- Antarctica is pronounced /ˌænˈtɑːktɪkə/ (UK).
Words near Antarctica in the dictionary
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