Antarctica

See also: antarctica and antárctica

English

Antarctica in a satellite photo

Etymology

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντ- (ant-, “ant-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌænˈtɑː(k)tɪkə/, /ˌænˈɑːtɪkə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪkə/, [æˈɾ̃ɑɹɾɪkə]
Audio (US) (file)

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.

Related terms

Translations

southernmost continent

Afrikaans: Antarktika
Albanian: Antarktidë f
Arabic: أَنْتَارْكِتِيكَا‎‎ f (ʾantārkitīkā)
Egyptian Arabic: القطب الجنوبي‎‎ m (el-quṭb el-ganūbi), أنتارتكا‎‎ f (ʾantārteka)
Armenian: Անտարկտիդա (Antarktida) (the continent), Անտարկտիկա (hy) (Antarktika) (the region)
Azerbaijani: Antarktida (az)
Basque: Antartika (eu)
Belarusian: Антаркты́да f (Antarktýda) (the continent), Анта́рктыка f (Antárktyka) (the region)
Bengali: অ্যান্টার্কটিকা (ôjanṭarkṭika)
Breton: Antarktika
Bulgarian: Антаркти́да (bg) f (Antarktída) (the continent), Анта́рктика f (Antárktika) (the region)
Burmese: အန္တာတိက (antati.ka.)
Catalan: Antàrtida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 南極洲 (zh), 南极洲 (zh) (Nánjízhōu) (the continent), 南極 (zh), 南极 (zh) (nánjí) (the region)
Czech: Antarktida (cs) f
Danish: Antarktis (da)
Dutch: Antarctica (nl) n
Esperanto: Antarkto (eo)
Estonian: Antarktis, Lõunamanner
Finnish: Etelämanner (fi), Antarktis (fi), Etelänapamanner (fi)
French: Antarctique (fr) m
Galician: Antártida (gl)
Georgian: ანტარქტიდა (anṭarkṭida)
German: Antarktis (de) f
Greek: Ανταρκτική (el) f (Antarktikí)
Greenlandic: Qalasersuaq Kujalleq
Haitian Creole: Antatik
Hebrew: אַנְטַרְקְטִיקָה‎‎ f (antárqtíqa)
Hindi: अंटार्कटिका (aṇṭārkaṭikā)
Hungarian: Antarktisz (hu)
Icelandic: Suðurskautslandið (is) n, Suðurheimskautslandið n, Antarktíka (is) f
Indonesian: Antartika (id)
Interlingua: Antarctica
Irish: Antartaice f
Italian: Antartide (it)
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)
Kazakh: Антарктида (Antarktïda)

Khmer: អង់តាទិក (ʾɑngtaatɨk)
Korean: 남극 (ko) (namgeuk) (南極 (ko)) (the region), 남극대륙 (ko) (namgeukdaeryuk) (the continent)
Kyrgyz: Антарктида (Antarktida)
Lao: ອັນຕາກຕິກ (lo) (’an tāk tik)
Latin: Antarctica
Latvian: Antarktīda f, Antarktika f
Lithuanian: Antarktida (lt)
Macedonian: Анта́рктик m (Antárktik)
Malay: Antartika
Maori: Te Tiri o Te Moana
Mongolian: Антарктид (mn) (Antarktid)
Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Honeezkʼazii, Shádiʼááhjí kéyah yistinígíí
Norman: Antarctique f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Antarktika

Nynorsk: Antarktika
Persian: جنوبگان‎‎ (fa) (jonubegân)
Polish: Antarktyda (pl)
Portuguese: Antártica (pt)
Romanian: Antarctica
Russian: Антаркти́да (ru) f (Antarktída) (the continent), Анта́рктика (ru) f (Antárktika) (the region)
Scots: Antarcticae
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Антарктик m

Roman: Antarktik (sh) m
Slovak: Antarktída (sk) f
Slovene: Antárktika (sl) f
Spanish: Antártida (es)
Swahili: Antaktika
Swedish: Antarktis (sv)
Tajik: Антарктида (tg) (Antarktida)
Thai: แอนตาร์กติกา (ɛn-dtáak-dtì-gâa)
Turkish: Antarktika (tr)
Turkmen: Antarktika, Antarktida (tk) (the continent)
Ukrainian: Антаркти́да (uk) f (Antarktýda) (the continent), Анта́рктика (uk) f (Antárktyka) (the region)
Uzbek: Antarktida (uz)
Vietnamese: Châu Nam Cực (洲南極)
Yiddish: אַנטאַרקטיקאַ‎‎ (antarktika)

south polar region

Belarusian: Анта́рктыка f (Antárktyka)
Bulgarian: Анта́рктика f (Antárktika)
Greek: Ανταρκτική (el) f (Antarktikí)
Khmer: អង់តាទិក (ʾɑngtaatɨk)
Latvian: Antarktīda f, Antarktika f
Malay: Antartika

Portuguese: Antártico m
Romanian: Antarctica f
Russian: Анта́рктика (ru) f (Antárktika)
Turkish: Antarktika (tr), Güney Kutbu (tr)
Ukrainian: Анта́рктика (uk) f (Antárktyka)

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑn.ˈtɑrk.ti.kaː/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Antarctica n

Antarctica

Latin

Proper noun

Antarctica f (genitive Antarcticae); first declension

(New Latin) Antarctica

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Antarctica
genitive	Antarcticae
dative	Antarcticae
accusative	Antarcticam
ablative	Antarcticā
vocative	Antarctica
locative	Antarcticae

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [anˈtark.tika]

Proper noun

Antarctica f

Antarctica (a continent)

Declension

declension of Antarctica (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) Antarctică	Antarctica
genitive/dative	(unei) Antarctici	Antarcticii
vocative	Antarctică, Antarctico