transatlantic
adjEtymology From trans- + Atlantic.
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Geography, Natural sciences On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308:
- Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.1961 August 23, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
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- Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.2016 November 15, Karla Pequenino, “The women pilots that history forgot”, in CNN:
- Antonyms
- cisatlantic
- Derived terms
- transatlantically, transatlanticism
- Related terms
- transpacific, Mid-Atlantic