Arktika

Estonian

Proper noun

Arktika

  1. Arctic

Indonesian

Etymology

From English Arctic, from Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ar(k)ˈtika]
  • Hyphenation: Ark‧ti‧ka

Noun

Arktika (first-person possessive Arktikaku, second-person possessive Arktikamu, third-person possessive Arktikanya)

  1. (geography) Arctic: The region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.

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