English > Atlantic Ocean: 1 sense > noun 1, objectMeaning | The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east. |
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Synonym | Atlantic |
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Instance of | ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
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Parts | Antarctic Ocean | The southern waters surrounding Antarctica |
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Atlantic Coast | A coast of the Atlantic Ocean |
Bay of Biscay | An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe |
Bay of Fundy | A bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia |
Bermuda, Bermudas | A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast |
Bermuda Triangle | An area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost |
Biscayne Bay | A narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida |
Bristol Channel | An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England |
British Isles | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic |
Buzzards Bay | An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts |
Cape Verde Islands | A group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal |
Chesapeake Bay | A large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland |
Delaware Bay | An inlet of the North Atlantic |
English Channel | An arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain |
Falkland Islands | A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina |
Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes | A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands |
Galway Bay | A bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland |
Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat | The largest island in the world |
Gulf of Guinea | A gulf off the southwest coast of Africa |
Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico | An arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico |
Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence | An arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada |
Iceland | A volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle |
Labrador Sea | An arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland |
Long Island Sound | A sound between Long Island and Connecticut |
Massachusetts Bay | An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south |
Mid-Atlantic Ridge | A very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic |
New York Bay | A bay of the North Atlantic |
Newfoundland | An island in the north Atlantic |
North Atlantic | That part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator |
North Sea | An arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia |
Norwegian Sea | The part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea |
Orkney Islands | An archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland |
Penobscot Bay | An inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine |
Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa |
Sargasso Sea | A vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed |
Shetland, Shetland Islands, Zetland | An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland |
South Atlantic | That part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator |
Tenerife | A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa |
West Indies, the Indies | The string of islands between North America and South America |
Windward Passage | A channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea |
Region of | Trafalgar, battle of Trafalgar | A naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain |
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Spanish | Atlántico, Océano Atlántico |
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Catalan | Atlàntic, Atlántico, oceà Atlàntic, Oceà Atlàntic |
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