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Atlantis

name
/ətˈlæntəs/UK/ətˈlæntəs/US

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.

  1. derived from *telh₂-✻
  2. borrowed from Ἀτλαντίς

Definitions

  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!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA