Antarctica

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File:Antarctica satellite globe.jpg

Antarctica in a satellite photo

Etymology

From New Latin Antarctica < Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikos) < ἀντ- (ant-), “‘ant-, against, opposed’”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikos), “‘Arctic’”) < Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (arktos), “‘bear’”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌænˈtɑːk.tɪk.ə/, SAMPA: /%{n"tA:k.tIk.@/
• (US) IPA: /ænˈtɑɹktɪkə/

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Proper noun

Singular Antarctica

Plural -

Antarctica

1. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
2. The wider South Polar region comprising the Antarctic Continent as well as the adjacent Antarctic and Subantarctic islands, and the Southern Ocean waters situated south of the Antarctic Convergence.

Related terms

• Antarctic
• Antarctican

Translations

southernmost continent

Armenian: Անտարկտիկա hy(hy) (Antarktika) Basque: Antartika eu(eu) Bosnian: Antarktik bs(bs) m. Breton: Antarktika Bulgarian: Антарктида (the continent), Антарктика (the region) Catalan: Antàrtida f. Chinese: 南极洲 (Nánjí Zhōu) Croatian: Antarktika hr(hr) f. Czech: Antarktida cs(cs) f. Dutch: Antarctica nl(nl) n. Esperanto: Antarkto eo(eo) Estonian: Antarktika, Antarktis, Lõunamanner Finnish: Etelämanner fi(fi), Antarktis fi(fi), Etelänapamanner fi(fi) French: Antarctique fr(fr) m. German: Antarktis de(de) f. Greek: Ανταρκτική el(el) (Antarktikí) f. Haitian Creole: Antatik Hungarian: Antarktisz hu(hu) Icelandic: Suðurskautslandið n., Suðurheimskautslandið n., Antarktíka f.

Interlingua: Antarctica Italian: Antartide it(it) Japanese: 南極 (なんきょく, Nankyoku), 南極大陸 (なんきょくたいりく, Nankyoku tairiku) Latin: Antarctica la(la) Latvian: Antarktika lv(lv) f. Macedonian: Антарктик mk(mk) (Antárktik) m. Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Honeezkʼazii Norwegian: Antarktis no(no) Polish: Antarktyda pl(pl) Portuguese: Antártica pt(pt) Romanian: Antarctica ro(ro) Russian: Антарктида (the continent) f., Антарктика (the region) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: Антарктик f. Roman: Antarktik f. Slovene: Antarktika sl(sl) Spanish: Antártida es(es) Swedish: Antarktis sv(sv) Turkish: Antarktika tr(tr)

south polar region

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Africa
• ant-
• Arctic
• Arctic circle

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑn.ˈtɑrk.ti.kaː/

Proper noun

Antarctica n.

1. Antarctica

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [an'tark.tika]

Proper noun

Antarctica f.

1. Antarctica

Declension

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