antarctica

Ant-arc-ti-ca · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The southernmost continent, surrounding the South Pole, almost entirely covered by ice.

Related words

See also: South Pole, arctic, continent, penguin
Synonyms: the Antarctic, the South Pole region

Etymology

From Latin Antarctica, from Greek antarktikos ("opposite to the north"), from anti- ("opposite") + arktikos ("arctic"), from arktos ("bear"), referring to the northern constellation Ursa Major.