atlantic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: At=lan=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

atlantic, a. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.  [1913 Webster]
•  Descended from Atlas.  [1913 Webster]

  "The seven Atlantic sisters."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

atlantic, n. & adj.
--n. the ocean between Europe and Africa to the east, and America to the west.
--adj. of or adjoining the Atlantic.

Idiom

Atlantic Time the standard time used in the most eastern parts of Canada and Central America.

Etymology

ME f. L Atlanticus f. Gk Atlantikos (as ATLAS, -IC): orig. of the Atlas Mountains, then of the sea near the W. African coast