From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Atlantic
adj 1: relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic
currents"
n 1: the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn:
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Atlantic \At*lan"tic\, a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas
and Atlantes.]
1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied
to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the
east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean
(called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the
Atlantic telegraph.
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2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
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3. Descended from Atlas.
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The seven Atlantic sisters. --Milton.
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