SOUTH ATLANTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does South Atlantic mean? 

• SOUTH ATLANTIC (noun)
  The noun SOUTH ATLANTIC has 1 sense:

1. that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator

  Familiarity information: SOUTH ATLANTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTH ATLANTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Meronyms (parts of "South Atlantic"):

Bouvet Island (an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle)

Holonyms ("South Atlantic" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

 Context examples 

The continent located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the India Ocean.

(Africa, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of southern Argentina.

(Falkland Islands (Malvinas), NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southwestern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa.

(Namibia, NCI Thesaurus)

In order to be approved, the South Atlantic sanctuary needs 75% of the vote from member countries of the International Whaling Commission.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

In this case, the new berg is likely to follow a similar path to the icebergs produced by the collapse of Larsen B: north along the coast of the Peninsula, then northeast into the South Atlantic.

(Massive Iceberg Breaks Off from Antarctica, NASA)

The South Atlantic is inhabited by 51 species of cetaceans.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Brazil is going to support the creation of a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic to protect cetaceans from hunting and ensure their survival.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Leandra Gonçalves, a biologist at Brazil's SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation, said the ideia of a whale sanctuary has been advocated by the Brazilian government since 1999 to stop whaling in the South Atlantic.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)