Atlantic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean

   Atlantic currents

2. 2
   adj

   Descended from the legendary Atlas.

   The Seav'n Atlantick sisters.

3. 3
   noun

   A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.

   It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic.

4. 4
   name

   The Atlantic Ocean.

5. 5
   name

   A phase of the Holocene epoch in the Blytt–Sernander system, extending from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years before present.

6. 6
   name

   A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.

7. 7
   name

   A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.

8. 8
   adj

   Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.