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Atlantic Ocean meaning

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  • The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceanic divisions, following the Pacific Ocean.
  • The oldest known mention of "Atlantic" is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): Atlantis thalassa (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα; English: Sea of Atlas).
  • The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Eurasia and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west.
  • ^ "The New Encyclopædia Britannica", Volume 2, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1974. p. 294
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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      • Proper nouns

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    Meaning of Atlantic Ocean for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "Atlantic Ocean" is a noun, more specifically, a proper noun.
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