antarctic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to Antarctica or the region around the South Pole

   The expedition collected ice cores during the antarctic summer.

2. 2
   adj

   situated in or characteristic of the far southern polar region

   Several antarctic islands support vast colonies of seabirds.

Common collocations

• antarctic expedition Adjective + noun

From Middle English antartik, through French and Latin from Greek antarktikos, opposite the Arctic. Greek anti- means opposite, while arktikos refers to the northern Bear constellations; Antarctic therefore names the polar region opposite the north.

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