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The word Antarctica comes from the Greek. It means "south of the bear". The Greeks were referring to the word Arcos, which is a constellation that can only be seen in the northern hemisphere.
More than 2000 years ago, Greek writers described a large mass of land in the south of the world. Even though they had never seen it, they believed it must exist so that it could 'balance' the land they knew about in the northern half of the world. They named this imagined land 'Anti-Arkitos', meaning the 'opposite of the Arctic'.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y ago"The name ANTARCTICA is the romanized version of the Greek compound word ανταρκτική (antarktiké), feminine of ανταρκτικός (antarktikos),meaning 'opposite to the north'." [lacking attribution]
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∙ 7y agoand so i couldn't find this answer so here it is. (i searched different sites and this is it.)
Antarctica is named what it is because...
Arctic is a term for North Pole Ice...
Welp that is it hope it was helpfull
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∙ 16y agoThe prefix ''ant-'' means opposite to and ''arctic'' refers to the north pole. Antarctica is geographically opposite to the Arctic.
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∙ 8y agoAntarctica is opposite of the Arctic: anti-arctic is the basis for Antarctica's name.
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∙ 9y agoThe word Antarctic just means "opposite of the Arctic."
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What is the name for the Antarctic's ocean?
The official name of the Antarctic Ocean is Southern Ocean.
What is a name of a ocean that starts with S?
· Southern (Antarctic)
Is the Antarctic Ocean also known as the Southern Ocean?
In a way, yes. The proper name for the ocean surrounding the Antarctic is the Southern Ocean.
The second name of antarctic ocean?
It has a few names.The Antarctic Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Southern Ocean and the South Polar Ocean,
How do you call the Antarctic ocean?
The name you want is Southern Ocean.
Name the only ocean through which the equator does not pass?
antarctic ocean
What is another word for Antarctic ocean?
The name of the ocean that surrounds Antarctica is the Southern Ocean.
What is the name of the ocean that surrounds antrctica?
The Southern Ocean, or the Antarctic Ocean, or the Austral Ocean,
What ocean surrounds the Antarctic continent?
The Southern Ocean is the current name for the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans that surround the Antarctic continent.
What are four ocean name?
Atlantic Pacific Indian Antarctic
Where does animals live in arctic ocean or the Antarctic Ocean?
Antarctic
What continent does the Antarctic Ocean touch?
Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. There is no 'Antarctic Ocean'.
