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Antarctic
adjective 
  1. (obsolete) southern, Southern.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
  3. (figuratively) opposite, Opposite, contradictory.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: Antarctisch
  • German: antarktisch
Etymology: From the lower-case antarctic.

     

antarctic
adjective 
  1. Pertaining to Antarctica.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: antarctisch
Etymology: From Old French antarctique < Latin antarcticus < Greek (antarktikós) < ant- (from , "opposite") + arktos "Great Bear" + -ic, -ikos.

     
 
  

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