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Graveyard of the Atlantic

Graveyard of the Atlantic proper noun: a nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

the Graveyard of the Atlantic

  1. A nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.

Questions about Graveyard of the Atlantic

What does Graveyard of the Atlantic mean?
Graveyard of the Atlantic means a nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Graveyard of the Atlantic?
Graveyard of the Atlantic is a proper noun.

Words near Graveyard of the Atlantic in the dictionary

  1. Gravetts
  2. graveward
  3. gravewards
  4. graveyard
  5. graveyard of empires
  6. Graveyard of the Atlantic
  7. graveyard orbit
  8. graveyard orbits
  9. graveyard poetry
  10. graveyard shift
  11. graveyard shifter

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