Atlantis
//ətˈlæntəs// name
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
"How far, since then, the ocean streams / Have swept us from that land of dreams, / That land of fiction and of truth, / The lost Atlantis of our youth!"
Example
More examples"Tom thinks he has found Atlantis."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís), from Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
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