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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° 28
| Dictionary: Ant·arc·tic |
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° 28
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| Geography Dictionary: Antarctic |
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).
| Geography: Antarctic |
The region around the South Pole, Antarctica, and the surrounding ocean.
| WordNet: antarctic |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or relating to Antarctica
Pertains to noun: Antarctica (meaning #1)
| Translations: Antarctic |
adj. - antarktisk, sydpols-
n. - Antarktis, sydpolarområdet
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Nederlands (Dutch)
antarctisch
Français (French)
n. - Antarctique, Antarctide
adj. - antarctique
n. - Antarctique
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Deutsch (German)
adj. - antarktisch
n. - Antarktis
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Ανταρκτική
adj. - της Ανταρκτικής, ανταρκτικός
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - antártico (m), Antártica (Geog.)
adj. - antártico
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Русский (Russian)
Антарктика, антарктический
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Español (Spanish)
adj. - antártico, de la Antártida
n. - Antártica, antártico
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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
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 南極的, 南極地區的
n. - 南極, 南極圈
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한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남극[지방]의
n. - 남극권 (남극 대륙 및 남극해), 남극[권, 지방]
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 南極大陸, 南極
adj. - 南極の
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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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