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Arctica

Arctica proper noun: an ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.

Proper noun

Arctica

  1. An ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.
  2. A hypothetical continent that allegedly sank into the Arctic Ocean.

Origin of Arctica

From Latin arctica, from arcticus (“northern”), from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern”), from Ἄρκτος (Árktos, “Arctos, the Great Bear Constellation”), the constellation Ursa Major which points to the North Celestial Pole, from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”), the star pattern shape of the constellation Arctos.

Questions about Arctica

What does Arctica mean?
Arctica means an ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.
What part of speech is Arctica?
Arctica is a proper noun.

Words near Arctica in the dictionary

  1. arctic willow
  2. arctic wolf
  3. Arctic wolf spider
  4. Arctic wolf spiders
  5. arctic wolves
  6. Arctica
  7. arctically
  8. arctician
  9. arcticians
  10. arcticid
  11. arcticids

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