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trans-Atlantic

trans-Atlantic is the alternative spelling of transatlantic.

Meaning of transatlantic

Adjective

transatlantic (not comparable)

  1. Beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
    • Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
    Antonyms:
    cisatlantic

Questions about trans-Atlantic

What is trans-Atlantic the alternative spelling of?
Trans-Atlantic is the alternative spelling of transatlantic.

Words near trans-Atlantic in the dictionary

  1. trans-acting
  2. trans-affirmative
  3. trans-am
  4. Trans-Amadi
  5. trans-articularly
  6. trans-Atlantic
  7. Trans-Baikal
  8. trans-bash
  9. trans-bashed
  10. trans-bashes
  11. trans-bashing

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