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Meaning of Antarctica | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌænˈtɑː(k)tɪkə

Definitions

  1. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
  2. the Antarctic
    broadly

Equivalents

Afrikaans Antarktika
العربية أنتاركتيكا القارة القطبية الجنوبية القارة المتجمدة الجنوبية القطب الجنوبيّ
Azərbaycanca Antarktida
Беларуская Антарктыда
Български Антарктида
বাংলা আন্টার্কটিকা
བོད་སྐད ལྷོ་མཐའི་གླིང
Bosanski Antarktik Антарктик
Català Antàrtida
Čeština Antarktida
Cymraeg Antarctig
Dansk Antarktis
Deutsch Antarktika Antarktis
Ελληνικά Ανταρκτική
Esperanto Antarkto
Español Antártica Antártida
Eesti Antarktis Lõunamanner
Euskara Antartika
فارسی جنوبگان
Suomi Antarktis Etelämanner Etelänapamanner
Français Antarctique
Gaeilge Antartaice
Gàidhlig Antartaig
Galego Antártida
עברית אנטארקטיקה
हिन्दी अंटार्कटिका
Hrvatski Antarktika
Magyar Antarktika Antarktisz
Հայերեն Անտարկտիկա
Bahasa Indonesia Antarktika Antartika
Íslenska Antarktíka Suðurskautslandið
Italiano Antartide
日本語 南極 南極大陸
ქართული ანტარქტიდა
Қазақша Антарктида
ខ្មែរ អង់តាទិក
한국어 南極 남극대륙
Kurdî Antarktîka
Latina Antarctica
ລາວ ອັນຕາກຕິກ
Latviešu Antarktīda Antarktika
Македонски Антарктик
Монгол Антарктид
Bahasa Melayu Antartika
မြန်မာဘာသာ အန္တာတိက
Nederlands Antarctica
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଆଣ୍ଟର୍କଟିକା
Polski Antarktyda
Português Antárctica antárctica Antártica Antártida
Română Antarctica
Русский Антарктида
Slovenščina Antarktika
Српски Antarktik Антарктик
Svenska Antarktis
Kiswahili Antaktika
தமிழ் அண்டார்டிகா
తెలుగు అంటార్కిటికా
ไทย แอนตาร์กติกา
Türkçe Antarktika
Українська Антарктида
اردو انٹارکٹکا
Oʻzbekcha Antarktida

Examples

“The five largest islands or peninsulas in which the crests of the World Ridges break through the uniform covering of the hydrosphere are termed continents, and designated by the names Eurasia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia. They are distinguished from other islands and peninsulas by size alone, Australia being ten times larger than New Guinea, and Africa ten times larger than Arabia, these being the greatest island and peninsula not called continents. The elevated region round the South Pole is crowned by the unexplored and scarcely discovered continent of Antarctica.”
“Dr. Murray believes that Alexander I. Land is a part of the west coast of Graham's Land, and that this landmass, which Biscoe and Larsen proved to widen rapidly toward the south, is only a peninsula of the continent of Antarctica.”
“To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.”
“The project poses exceptional challenges, given that Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on Earth, as well as the most remote and inaccessible, being almost totally covered by a vast ice sheet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Antarctican Antarctician antarcticite antarcticoside antarctictite antarcturid

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