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Atlanta vs Atlantic - What's the difference?

atlanta | atlantic |

As proper nouns the difference between atlanta and atlantic

is that atlanta is while atlantic is the atlantic ocean or atlantic can be a branch of the niger-congo languages spoken along the atlantic coast in west africa.

As an adjective atlantic is

pertaining to the atlantic ocean.

atlanta

Translingual

(wikipedia Atlanta)

Proper noun

  • Hypernyms

    * (genus) Mollusca - phylum; Gastropoda - class; Orthogastropoda - subclass; Caenogastropoda - superorder; Sorbeoconcha - order; Hypsogastropoda - suborder;  - family

    Hyponyms

    * (genus) For species see

    atlantic

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) Atlanticus.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Atlantic Ocean.
  • Etymology 2

    Derived from the above meaning.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles or the eastern seaboard of the USA.
  • Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
  • Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
  • Descended from the legendary Atlas.
  • * Milton
  • The seven Atlantic sisters.

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