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Etymology
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From NL. #Latin|Antarctica < AGr. polytonic|�ν�α�κ�ικ�� (antarktikos) < polytonic|�ν�- (ant-) �ant-, against, opposed� + polytonic|��κ�ικ�� (arktikos) �Arctic� < AGr. polytonic|��κ�ο� (arktos) �bear�.

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/æn�t��ktɪk�/
a|US IPA|/æn�t�ɹktɪk�/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

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
trans-top|Antarctica
Bosnian: Antarktik m
Breton: Antarktika#Breton|Antarktika
Bulgarian: �н�а�к�ида i|the continent, �н�а�к�ика i|the region
Catalan: Antàrtida f
Chinese: ��洲 (Nánjí Zh�u)
Croatian: Antarktika#Croatian|Antarktika f
Czech: Antarktida f
Dutch: Antarctica#Dutch|Antarctica n
Esperanto: Antarktiko
Estonian: Antarktika, Antarktis, Lõunamanner
Finnish: Etelämanner, Antarktis, Etelänapamanner
French: Antarctique m
German: Antarktis f
Greek: �ν�α�κ�ική f
Hungarian: Antarktisz
Icelandic: Suðurskautslandið n, Suðurheimskautslandið n, Antarktíka f
Interlingua: Antarctica#Interlingua|Antarctica
Italian: Antartide
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Japanese: �極 (�����, Nankyoku), �極大� (���������, Nankyoku tairiku)
Latin: Antarctica#Latin|Antarctica
Latvian: Antarktika f
Norwegian: Antarktis
Polish: Antarktyda
Portuguese: Antártica
Romanian: Antarctica#Romanian|Antarctica
Russian: �н�а�к�ида i|the continent f, �н�а�к�ика i|the region f
Serbian:
:*Cyrillic: �н�а�к�ик f
:*Roman: Antarktik f
Slovene: Antarktika
Spanish: Antártida
Swedish: Antarktis
Turkish: Antarktika
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See also
ant-
Arctic
Arctic circle

Category:Continents

Romanian
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Pronunciation
IPA|[an'tark.tika]|lang=ro

Proper noun
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1. #English|Antarctica

Declension
ro-country|gend=f|Antarcticii

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• 2007-12-23 12:05 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[lt:Antarctica]]

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