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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atlantic \At*lan"tic\, a. [L. Atlanticus fr Atlas. See {Atlas}
and {Atlantes}.]
1. 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.
2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.
3. Descended from Atlas.
The seven Atlantic sisters. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Atlantic
adj : relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; "Atlantic
currents" [syn: {Atlantic}]
n : the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on
the west from Europe and Africa on the east [syn: {Atlantic},
{Atlantic Ocean}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Atlantic, IA (city, FIPS 3520)
Location: 41.39825 N, 95.01484 W
Population (1990): 7432 (3356 housing units)
Area: 21.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50022
Atlantic, NC
Zip code(s): 28511
Atlantic, PA
Zip code(s): 16111
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