English
Westarctica
Blend of west + Antarctica.
A blend of west + Antarctica
Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
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Proto-Germanic *westrą
Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’
Old English west
Middle English west
English west
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos ‘bear’
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Ancient Greek ἄρκτος ‘bear’
Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός ‘Arctic’
Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός ‘antarctic’
New Latin Antarctica
English Antarctica
The story
Chosen to evoke images of Western Antarctica, and also, as an homage to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia.
Today it means
name An unrecognized micronation in Antarctica, founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who styles himself as Grand Duke Travis, claiming a region of West Antarctica which has not been claimed by any nation state, comprising most of Marie Byrd Land.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Westarctica