Definitions
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- proper noun The portion of the
Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily betweenNorth America and the northeast coast ofSouth America to theeast , and Europe and the northwest coast ofAfrica to thewest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator
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Examples
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From studying physical maps you know that the North Atlantic is the area of the Atlantic that lies north of the Equator and that the entire west coast of Europe borders the North Atlantic, so you correctly answer Europe.
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Hopping the North Atlantic was a memory cited both by a Daytona-based private jet pilot, Michele LaVigna, and by the president of the trade group Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Craig Fuller.
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Let's not forget though that from tomorrow we become Region 9 and from 2010 Scotland will be known as the North Atlantic Tranche.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Subtropical high pressures from the North Atlantic are the predominant climatic feature.
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This time the culprit is believed to be a similar phenomenon in the tropical North Atlantic, which is suppressing the trade winds that bring moisture to the Amazon.
The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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[Garcia Ferrer] Well, Commander, regarding tourism I can say that we are about to complete the hotel which has thus far been known as the North Atlantic
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But these foreign born were confined almost entirely to the Northern states, that is, the North Atlantic states and North Central states.
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Such wandering corpses are common enough in the North Atlantic, which is haunted by all the terrors of the sea, — fogs, icebergs, dead ships bent upon mischief, and long sinister gales that fasten upon one like a vampire till all the strength and the spirit and even hope are gone, and one feels like the empty shell of a man.
Lord Jim 1900
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Such wandering corpses are common enough in the North Atlantic, which is haunted by all the terrors of the sea, -- fogs, icebergs, dead ships bent upon mischief, and long sinister gales that fasten upon one like a vampire till all the strength and the spirit and even hope are gone, and one feels like the empty shell of a man.
Lord Jim 1899
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Such wandering corpses are common enough in the North Atlantic, which is haunted by all the terrors of the sea, -- fogs, icebergs, dead ships bent upon mischief, and long sinister gales that fasten upon one like a vampire till all the strength and the spirit and even hope are gone, and one feels like the empty shell of a man.
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1890
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