Antarctica

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Table of contents

1 Etymology 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Related Terms 2 Latin 2.1 Proper Noun 2.2 Related Terms

Etymology

From Neo-Latin Antarctica, from prefix anti-, against or opposed, + arc-, circle, + adjective suffix -icus

English

Proper noun

Antarctica

1. The continent located at the far south of the southern hemisphere, and which contains the south pole. It is south of Africa and Oceania, and is the only continent with no countries in it.

Translations

• Bosnian: Antarktika f
• Bulgarian: Антарктида
• Chinese: 南极洲
• Dutch: Antarctica n
• Breton: Antarktika
• Esperanto: Antarktiko
• Finnish: Etelämanner, Antarktis, Etelänapamanner
• French: Antarctique
• German: Antarktis f
• Hungarian: Antarktisz
• Interlingua: Antarctica
• Italian: Antartide
• Japanese: 南極 (なんきょく, Nankyoku), 南極大陸 (なんきょくたいりく, Nankyoku tairiku)
• Latvian: Antarktika f
• Polish: Antarktyda
• Portuguese: Antártica
• Romanian: Antarctica
• Russian: Антарктида f, Антарктика f
• Turkish: Antarktika

Related Terms

• antarctic
• antarctic circle
• anti-
• arctic
• arctic circle

Latin

Proper Noun

Antarctica f, genitive singular Antarcticae

1. Antarctica (see English definition)

Related Terms

• arcticus

de:Antarktis eo:Antarktiko pl:Antarktyda pt:Antártica ro:Antarctica simple:Antarctica