where did it get the name from?
It is the romanised version of the Greek compound word "antarktiké" meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north"
Etymology
is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north"
who makes up most of the population of antarctica 5,000 in the summer and much lesser in winter
vThe name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north". The name is the romanised version of the Greek compound word “antarktiké" meaning "opposite to the Arctic”. The name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north".
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The name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north". The name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north". The name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north".
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Antarctica [SEP] Etymology
The name "Antarctica" is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ("antarktiké"), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ("antarktikós"), meaning "opposite to the Arctic", "opposite to the north". Aristotle wrote in his book "Meteorology" about an "Antarctic region" in c. 350 BC. Marinus of Tyre reportedly used the name in his unpreserved world map from the 2nd century CE. The Roman authors Hyginus and Apuleius (1–2 centuries CE) used for the South Pole the romanised Greek name "polus antarcticus," from which derived the Old French "pole antartike" (modern "pôle antarctique") attested in 1270, and from there the Middle English "pol antartik" in a 1391 technical treatise by Geoffrey Chaucer (modern "Antarctic Pole").