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Atlantic Ocean
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English
thumb|right|200px|The Atlantic Ocean.
Etymology
From en enm occean Atlantyke, from en la ōceanus Ā̆tlanticus.
Pronunciation
en /ətˈlæntɪk ˈoʊʃən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Atlantic Ocean.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Atlantic ocean 1
en Q97en The <<ocean>> lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east.
en the Atlantic
en w:NPR Alina Selyukh British Airways Sets Record, Crossing The Atlantic In Under 5 Hours In Strong Winds 2020-02-09 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/09/804266975/british-airways-sets-speed-record-crossing-the-atlantic-in-under-5-hours But British Airways Flight 112 made the trek in under five hours, setting a new record for the fastest subsonic commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean. https://web.archive.org/web/20260830214817/https://www.npr.org/2020/02/09/804266975/british-airways-sets-speed-record-crossing-the-atlantic-in-under-5-hours 30 August 2026
en Katie Hunt Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/science/ancient-forest-falkland-islands 2024-09-27 No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention. https://web.archive.org/web/20260214021053/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/science/ancient-forest-falkland-islands 14 February 2026
Derived terms
en en North Atlantic Ocean en North Atlantic en South Atlantic Ocean en South Atlantic en Proto-Atlantic Ocean en Proto-Atlantic en Iapetus Ocean en Iapetus
Translations
the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east
Afrikaans: af Atlantiese Oseaan
Albanian: sq Oqeani Atlantik m
Amharic: am አትላንቲክ ውቅያኖስ
Arabic: ar الْمُحِيط الْأَطْلَسِيّ m, ar الْأَطْلَسِيّ m
Egyptian Arabic: arz الأطلنطي m el-ʔaṭlanṭi, arz الأطلسي m el-ʔaṭlasi
Armenian: hy Ատլանտյան օվկիանոս
Asturian: ast Atlánticu m
Azerbaijani: az Atlantik okean
Basque: eu Ozeano Atlantikoa
Belarusian: be Атланты́чны акія́н m
Bengali: bn আতলসী মহাসাগর
Breton: br Meurvor Atlantel m
Bulgarian: bg Атланти́чески океа́н m
Burmese: my အတ္တလန္တိတ်သမုဒ္ဒရာ
Buryat: bua Атлантын далай
Catalan: ca oceà Atlàntic m, ca Atlàntic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大西洋 Dàxīyáng
Cornish: kw Keynvor Atlantek m
Czech: cs Atlantský oceán m
Danish: da Atlanterhavet ?, da Atlanten ?
Dutch: nl Atlantische Oceaan f, nl Atlantisch
Esperanto: eo Atlantika Oceano
Estonian: et Atlandi ookean
Farefare: gur Ateko Atlantika, gur Ateko la Ãnkra
Faroese: fo Atlanshav n
Finnish: fi Atlantin valtameri, fi Atlantti
French: fr océan Atlantique m, fr Atlantique m l’Atlantique
Galician: gl océano Atlántico m, gl Atlántico m
Georgian: ka ატლანტის ოკეანე, ka ატლანტიკის ოკეანე
German: de Atlantischer Ozean m, de Atlantik m
Greek: el Ατλαντικός Ωκεανός m
Ancient Greek: grc Ὠκεᾰνός m
Gujarati: gu એટલાન્ટિક મહાસાગર
Haitian Creole: ht Oseyan Atlantik
Hawaiian: haw Moana ʻAkelanika
Hebrew: he האוקיינוס האטלנטי m ha-okyanós ha-atlánti האוקיינוס האטלנטי \ הָאוֹקְיָנוֹס הָאַטְלַנְטִי
Hindi: hi अन्ध महासागर m, hi अटलांटिक महासागर
Hungarian: hu Atlanti-óceán
Icelandic: is Atlantshaf n
Indonesian: id Samudra Atlantik
Irish: ga Aigéan Atlantach m An tAigéan Atlantach
Italian: it Oceano Atlantico m
Japanese: ja 大西洋 たいせいよう, Taiseiyō
Kannada: kn ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕ್ ಮಹಾಸಾಗರ
Kazakh: kk Атлант мұхиты
Khmer: km មហាសមុទ្រអាត្លង់ទិក, km អាត្លង់ទិក
Korean: ko ^대서양(大西洋)
Kyrgyz: ky Атлантика океаны
Lao: lo ມະຫາສະໝຸດອັດລັງຕິກ
Latin: la Ātlanticus m
Latvian: lv Atlantijas okeāns m
Lithuanian: lt Atlanto vandenynas m
Macedonian: mk Атла́нтски Океа́н m
Malay: ms Lautan Atlantik
Malayalam: ml അറ്റ്ലാന്റിക് മഹാസമുദ്രം
Maltese: mt Oċean Atlantiku m l-Oċean Atlantiku
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: mns-nor Атланик океан
Manx: gv Keayn Sheear m Yn Keayn Sheear
Māori: mi Moana Ranatiki
Marathi: mr अटलांटिक महासागर ?
Marshallese: mh Lo̧jet in Atļaņtiik
Mongolian: mn Атлантын далай
Nahuatl: nah Ilhuicaātl Atlántico
Navajo: nv Haʼaʼaahjí tónteel
Nepali: ne आन्ध्र महासागर
Norwegian: no Atlanterhavet n, no Atlanteren m, no dammen m colloquial, no Vesterhavet n archaic
Occitan: oc Atlantic m
Pashto: ps اتلانتيک سمندر m atlāntík samandár
Persian: fa اقیانوس اطلس oqyânus-e atlas
Polish: pl Ocean Atlantycki m-in, pl Atlantyk m-in
Portuguese: pt Atlântico m, pt Oceano Atlântico m
Punjabi: pa ਅੰਧ ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ ?
Romanian: ro Oceanul Atlantic n
Russian: ru Атла́нтика f, ru Атланти́ческий океа́н m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Cuan Mòr m An Cuan Mòr, gd Cuan Siar m An Cuan Siar, gd Abh f Na h-Abh, gd Tabh m An Tabh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀тлантскӣ окѐа̄н m, sh Атлантски оцеан m
Latin: sh Àtlantskī okèān m, sh Atlantski ocean m
Sinhalese: si අත්ලාන්තික් සාගරය
Slovak: sk Atlantický oceán m
Slovene: sl Atlantski ocean m
Somali: so Badweynta Atlaantik
Sotho: st Lewatle la Atlelantiki
Spanish: es océano Atlántico m, es Atlántico m
Swahili: sw Atlantiki
Swedish: sv Atlanten c, sv pölen c colloquial
Tagalog: tl Karagatang Atlantiko
Tajik: tg Уқёнуси Атлантик
Tamil: ta அத்திலாந்திக்குப் பெருங்கடல், ta அட்லாண்டிக் பெருங்கடல்
Tatar: tt Атлантик океан
Telugu: te అట్లాంటిక్ మహాసముద్రం
Thai: th มหาสมุทรแอตแลนติก
Tibetan: bo ནུབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེན་པོ
Tigrinya: ti ኣትላንቲካዊ ውቅያኖስ
Turkish: tr Atlas Okyanusu, tr Atlantik Okyanusu
Turkmen: tk Atlantik okean
Ukrainian: uk Атланти́чний океа́н m
Urdu: ur بحر اوقیانوس bahr-e ūqyânūs, ur بحر ظلمات bahr-e zulmât
Uyghur: ug ئاتلانتىك ئوكيان
Uzbek: uz Atlantika okeani
Vietnamese: vi Đại Tây Dương (vi 大西洋)
Volapük: vo Latlantean
Welsh: cy Môr Iwerydd m, cy yr Iwerydd m
Yiddish: yi אַטלאַנטישער אָקעאַן m, yi אַטלאַנטיק
Zhuang: za Dasihyangz
See also
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