English
Wikivoyage
Antarctica in a satellite photo
Etymology
From New Latin Antarctica Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός ( antarktikós ) , from ἀντ- ( ant- , “ ant- , against , opposed ” ) + ἀρκτικός ( arktikós , “ Arctic ” ) , from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος ( árktos , “ bear ” ) .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˌænˈtɑː(k)tɪkə/ , /ˌænˈɑːtɪkə/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪkə/ , [æˈɾ̃ɑɹɾɪkə]
Proper noun
Antarctica
The southernmost continent , south of the Southern Ocean , containing the South Pole .
Usage notes
Although it is a separate continent, Antarctica is sometimes categorized under Oceania .
Translations
southernmost continent
Acehnese: Antartika
Afrikaans: Antarktika
Albanian: Antarktidë f
Amharic: አንታርክቲካ ( ʾäntarkətika )
Arabic: أَنْتَارْكِتِيكَا (ar) f ( ʔantārkitīkā )
Egyptian Arabic: القطب الجنوبي m ( el-quṭb el-ganūbi ) , أنتارتكا f ( ʾantārteka )
Aragonese: Antarctida f
Armenian: Անտարկտիդա (hy) ( Antarktida ) ( the continent ) , Անտարկտիկա (hy) ( Antarktika ) ( the region )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܢܛܵܪܬܝܼܩܵܐ f ( Ānṭartīqa )
Asturian: Antártida f
Azerbaijani: Antarktida (az)
Bashkir: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Basque: Antartika (eu)
Bavarian: Antarktika
Belarusian: Антаркты́да f ( Antarktýda ) ( the continent ) , Анта́рктыка f ( Antárktyka ) ( the region )
Bengali: অ্যান্টার্কটিকা ( ênṭarkṭika )
Bikol Central: Antartika
Bislama: Antarktik
Breton: Antarktika
Bulgarian: Антаркти́да (bg) f ( Antarktída ) ( the continent ) , Анта́рктика f ( Antárktika ) ( the region )
Burmese: အန္တာတိက ( antati.ka. )
Buryat: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Catalan: Antàrtida (ca) f
Cebuano: Antartika
Central Franconian: Süüdpool
Chechen: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Cherokee: ᏧᏁᏍᏓᎸ ( tsunesdalv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 南極洲 ／ 南极洲 (zh) ( Nánjízhōu ) , 南极洲 (zh) ( Nánjízhōu ) ( the continent ) , 南極 ／ 南极 (zh) ( Nánjí ) , 南极 (zh) ( nánjí ) ( the region )
Chuvash: Антаркти́да ( Ant̬arktída )
Cornish: Antarktika
Corsican: Antartide m
Crimean Tatar: Antarktida
Czech: Antarktida (cs) f
Danish: Antarktis (da)
Dutch: Antarctica (nl) n
Dzongkha: ཨེན་ཊཱག་ཊི་ཀ་ ( en ṭāg ṭi ka )
Eastern Mari: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Esperanto: Antarkto (eo)
Estonian: Antarktis Lõunamanner ( figurative )
Extremaduran: Antáltia f
Faroese: Antarktis
Finnish: Etelämanner (fi) , Antarktis (fi) , Etelänapamanner (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Antartica f
French: Antarctique (fr) m
Friulian: Antartic m
Galician: Antártida (gl)
Georgian: ანტარქტიდა ( anṭarkṭida )
German: Antarktika (de) f
Greek: Ανταρκτική (el) f ( Antarktikí )
Greenlandic: Qalasersuaq Kujalleq
Guaraní: Antártida
Gujarati: ઍન્ટાર્કટિકા ( ěnṭārkaṭikā )
Haitian Creole: Antatik
Hawaiian: ʻAneʻālika
Hebrew: אַנְטַרְקְטִיקָה f ( antárqtíqa )
Hindi: अंटार्कटिका ( aṇṭārkaṭikā )
Hungarian: Antarktisz (hu) , Antarktika (hu)
Icelandic: Suðurskautslandið (is) n Suðurheimskautslandið n Antarktíka (is) f Suðurskautsálfa (is) f
Ido: Antarktika
Igbo: Antarctica
Ilocano: Antartika
Indonesian: Antartika (id) , Antarktika
Ingush: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Interlingua: Antarctica
Irish: Antartaice f
Italian: Antartide (it)
Jamaican Creole: Antaatika
Japanese: 南極 (ja) ( なんきょく, nankyoku ) ( the region ) , 南極 大陸 ( なんきょくたいりく, nankyoku tairiku ) ( the continent )
Javanese: Antartika
Kabiyé: Antarɩtiki
Kabyle: Antraktika
Kalmyk: Антарктик ( Antarktik )
Kannada: ಅಂಟಾರ್ಕ್ಟಿಕ ( aṇṭārkṭika )
Karachay-Balkar: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Karakalpak: Antarktika
Kashubian: Antarktida f
Kazakh: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Khmer: អង់តាទិក ( ʼɑngtaatɨk )
Komi-Permyak: Антарктида ( Antarkťida )
Korean: 남극(南極) (ko) ( namgeuk ) ( the region ) , 남극대륙 (ko) ( namgeukdaeryuk ) ( the continent )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Antarktîka (ku)
Kyrgyz: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: Antartika
Lao: ອັນຕາກຕິກ (lo) ( ʼan tāk tik )
Latin: Antarctica
Latvian: Antarktīda f Antarktika f
Lezgi: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Ligurian: Antartide m
Limburgish: Antarctica n
Lithuanian: Antarktida (lt)
Livvi: Antarktidu
Lombard: Antartid m
Low German:
German Low German: Antarktika f
Luxembourgish: Antarktis (lb) f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Macedonian: Анта́рктик m ( Antárktik )
Malagasy: Antartika
Malay: Antartika
Malayalam: അന്റാർട്ടിക്ക ( anṟāṟṭṭikka )
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manx: Antarctagh f
Maori: Te Tiri o Te Moana
Marathi: अंटार्क्टिका ( aṇṭārkṭikā )
Minangkabau: Antarktika
Mingrelian: ანტარქტიდა ( anṭarkṭida )
Mirandese: Antártica f Antártida f
Mongolian: Антарктид (mn) ( Antarktid )
Nahuatl: Antartida
Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Honeezkʼazii Shádiʼááhjí kéyah yistinígíí
Neapolitan: Antartide m
Norman: Antarctique m
North Frisian: Antarktikaa
Northern Sami: Antárktis
Northern Sotho: Antarctica
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Antarktika
Nynorsk: Antarktika
Occitan: Antartida f
Oriya: ଆଣ୍ଟର୍କଟିକା ( āṇṭarkaṭikā )
Ossetian: Антарктидӕ ( Antarktidæ )
Papiamentu: Antartica f
Persian: جنوبگان (fa) ( jonubegân )
Picard: Intarctike
Piedmontese: Antàrtide m
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Antarktida
Polish: Antarktyda (pl) f
Pontic Greek: Ανταρκτικήν ( Antarktikín )
Portuguese: Antártica (pt)
Punjabi: ਅੰਟਾਰਕਟਿਕਾ ( aṇṭārkaṭikā )
Quechua: Antartika
Romanian: Antarctica Antarctida f
Russian: Антаркти́да (ru) f ( Antarktída ) ( the continent ) , Анта́рктика (ru) f ( Antárktika ) ( the region )
Rusyn: Антарктіда f ( Antarktida )
Rwanda-Rundi: Antarigitika
Samoan: Anetatika
Samogitian: Antarktėda f
Santali: ᱟᱱᱴᱟᱨᱠᱚᱴᱤᱠᱟ ( anṭarkôṭika )
Sardinian: Antàrticu m
Saterland Frisian: Antarktikoa
Scots: Antarcticae
Scottish Gaelic: Antargtaga
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Антарктик m
Roman: Antarktik (sh) m
Shona: Antarctica
Sicilian: Antàrtidi m
Silesian: Antarktyda f
Sinhalese: ඇන්ටාක්ටිකාව ( ænṭākṭikāwa )
Slovak: Antarktída (sk) f
Slovene: Antárktika (sl) f
Somali: Antarktika
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Antarktika f
Upper Sorbian: Antarktika (hsb) f
Spanish: Antártida (es)
Sundanese: Antartika
Swahili: Antaktika
Swedish: Antarktis (sv)
Tagalog: Antarctica
Tajik: Антарктида (tg) ( Antarktida )
Tamil: அந்தாட்டிக்கா ( antāṭṭikkā )
Tarantino: Antartide m
Tatar: Антарктида ( Antarktida )
Telugu: అంటార్కిటికా (te) ( aṇṭārkiṭikā )
Tetum: Antártida
Thai: แอนตาร์กติกา ( ɛn-dtáak-dtì-gâa )
Tibetan: ལྷོ་མཐའི་གླིང ( lho mtha'i gling )
Tigrinya: ኣንታርቲካ ( ʾantartika )
Tongan: ʻAnetātika
Tsonga: Antakthika
Tulu: ಅಂಟಾರ್ಕ್ಟಿಕ ( aṇṭārkṭika )
Turkish: Antarktika (tr)
Turkmen: Antarktika Antarktida (tk) ( the continent )
Ukrainian: Антаркти́да (uk) f ( Antarktýda ) ( the continent ) , Анта́рктика (uk) f ( Antárktyka ) ( the region )
Urdu: انٹارکٹکا m ( aṇṭārkṭikā )
Uzbek: Antarktida (uz)
Venetian: Antartide m
Veps: Antarktid
Vietnamese: Châu Nam Cực 洲南極
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Võro: Antarktis
Walloon: Antartike (wa) m
Waray-Waray: Antartika
Welsh: Antarctig f
West Flemish: Antarctica n
West Frisian: Antarktika n
Wolof: Dottub Bëj-saalum (wo)
Yakut: Антарктика ( Antarktika )
Yiddish: אַנטאַרקטיקאַ ( antarktika )
Yoruba: Antárktìkà
Zazaki: Antarktika
Zealandic: Antartica
Zhuang: Namzgigcouh
Zulu: i-Antaktika
See also
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Antarctica This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɑnˈtɑr(k).ti.kaː/ , /ɑntˈɑr(k).ti.kaː/ Hyphenation: Ant‧arc‧ti‧ca
Proper noun
Antarctica n
Antarctica
Derived terms
Latin
Proper noun
Antarctica f sg genitive Antarcticae first declension
( New Latin ) Antarctica
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Antarctica f
Antarctica
Declension
declension of Antarctica (singular only)
See also
