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ATLANTIC

\ɐtlˈantɪk], \ɐtlˈantɪk], \ɐ_t_l_ˈa_n_t_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of ATLANTIC

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Descended from Atlas.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Descended from Atlas.
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the basin; the telegraph.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Pertaining to Atlas, or to the Atlantic Ocean.
The ocean between Europe, Africa, and America.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
The ocean so called.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Of the Atlantic Ocean.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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