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Antartica

Antartica is the misspelling of Antarctica.

Meaning of Antarctica

Proper noun

Antarctica

  1. 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
  2. (broadly) the Antarctic

Questions about Antartica

What is Antartica the misspelling of?
Antartica is the misspelling of Antarctica.

Words near Antartica in the dictionary

  1. Antarian
  2. Antarians
  3. antarthritic
  4. antarthritics
  5. Antartic
  6. Antartica
  7. antas
  8. Antas de Ulla
  9. antasthmatic
  10. antasthmatics
  11. antazoline

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