Antarctic

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Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.


Denoting regions south of the Antarctic circle, 66° 32′ S (often taken as 661/2° S). The major land mass within this zone is Antarctica. Within the Antarctic circle, the sun does not rise on 21 June (winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere) or set on 22 December (summer solstice in that hemisphere).

The region around the South Pole, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The region around the south pole adj. - At or near the south pole.

pronunciation In the 18th century, the great Captain James Cook tried to pierce the mystery of the antarctic regions. — http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/corps/antarctic.html

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Antarkis

adj. - antarktisk, sydpols-
n. - Antarktis, sydpolarområdet

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    den Sydlige Polarkreds

Nederlands (Dutch)
antarctisch

Français (French)
n. - Antarctique, Antarctide

adj. - antarctique
n. - Antarctique

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    cercle antarctique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - antarktisch
n. - Antarktis

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    südlicher Polarkreis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Ανταρκτική
adj. - της Ανταρκτικής, ανταρκτικός

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    ανταρκτικός κύκλος

Italiano (Italian)
antartico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - antártico (m), Antártica (Geog.)
adj. - antártico

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    Círculo (m) Antártico

Русский (Russian)
Антарктика, антарктический

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    Южный полярный круг

Español (Spanish)
adj. - antártico, de la Antártida
n. - Antártica, antártico

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    Círculo Polar Antártico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Antarktis
adj. - antarktisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
南极的, 南极地区的, 南极圈, 南极

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    南极圈

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 南極的, 南極地區的
n. - 南極, 南極圈

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    南極圈

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남극[지방]의
n. - 남극권 (남극 대륙 및 남극해), 남극[권, 지방]

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    남극권 한계선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 南極大陸, 南極
adj. - 南極の

idioms:

  • antarctic Circle    南極圏

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) القطب الجنوبي (صفه) له علاقه بالقطب الجنوبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אנטארקטי, של איזור הקוטב הדרומי‬
n. - ‮איזור הקוטב הדרומי‬


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