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Brewer's: Atlantes
(3 syl.). Figures of men, used in architecture instead of pillars. So called from Atlas, who in Greek mythology supported the world on his shoulders. Female figures are called Caryatides (q…The Middle Atlantic
Source: The U.S. Department of State If New England provided the brains and dollars for 19th-century American expansion, the Middle Atlantic states provided the muscle. The region's largest…Atlantic cable
(Encyclopedia) Atlantic cable: see cable.Atlantic Charter
(Encyclopedia) Atlantic CharterAtlantic Charterətlătĭk, ăt– [key], joint program of peace aims, enunciated by Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt…Atlantic City
(Encyclopedia) Atlantic City, city (2020 pop. 39,497), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier…Atlantic Ocean
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). The North Atlantic Ocean…Atlantic Provinces
(Encyclopedia) Atlantic Provinces, term used since 1949 to designate the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.Metro-Atlantic Conference
Metro-Atlantic Conference ConferenceOverall…Caribbean and Atlantic Islands
Country or islandArea codeAnguilla264Antigua and Barbuda268Bahamas242Barbados246Bermuda441British Virgin Islands284Cayman Islands345Dominican Republic809Dominica767Grenada473Jamaica876Montserrat664St…Brewer's: Atlantic Ocean
An ocean, so called from the Atlas mountains. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AtlantisAtlantes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Trending
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