Lemuria

//ləˈmjuːɹi.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes. historical
  2. 2
    A mythical lost country, continent, or island proposed to explain the existence of lemurs and their relatives on two continents.

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lemuralia

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"Lemuria was a proposed "lost continent" theorized to be located somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Lemuria.

Etymology 2

From lemur + -ia.

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