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Atlantica

Atlantica proper noun: an ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.

Proper noun

Atlantica

  1. An ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.

Origin of Atlantica

The name was introduced by John J. W. Rogers in 1996, because the parts of the ancient continent are now located on opposite sides of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Questions about Atlantica

What does Atlantica mean?
Atlantica means an ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.
What part of speech is Atlantica?
Atlantica is a proper noun.

Words near Atlantica in the dictionary

  1. Atlantic tomcod
  2. Atlantic tomcods
  3. Atlantic trumpetfish
  4. Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
  5. Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses
  6. Atlantica
  7. Atlanticism
  8. Atlanticist
  9. Atlanticists
  10. Atlantick
  11. Atlantics

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