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Antarctica.

The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.

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name/ˌænˈtɑːktɪkə/UK/æntˈɑɹ(k)tɪkə/US/ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪkə/US/ænˈtɐːktɪkə/Australia
  1. The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.

  2. the Antarctic

    broadly
Where this word comes from

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντι- (anti-, “anti-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

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