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Atlantis

/ətˈlæntəs/US/ətˈlæntəs/

Atlantis proper noun: a mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

Proper noun

Atlantis

  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!1880, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Dedication to G. W. G.”, in Ultima Thule
    • I might have drifted on for my whole life as a psychical Researcher, showing a sympathetic, but more or less dilettante attitude towards the whole subject, as if we were arguing about some impersonal thing such as the existence of Atlantis or the Baconian controversy.1918, Arthur Conan Doyle, The New Revelation

Atlantis meaning in Marathi, Arabic and Persian

Atlantis in Marathi

mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
अट्लँटिस aṭlĕṇṭis

Atlantis in Arabic

mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
أَطْلَانْطِس ʔaṭlānṭis

Atlantis in Persian

mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
آتلانتیس âtlântis

Origin of Atlantis

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.

Words formed from Atlantis

Questions about Atlantis

What does Atlantis mean?
Atlantis means a mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Atlantis in Marathi?
Atlantis in Marathi is अट्लँटिस (aṭlĕṇṭis). See Atlantis meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Atlantis?
Atlantis is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Atlantis?
Atlantis is pronounced /ətˈlæntəs/ (UK).

Words near Atlantis in the dictionary

  1. Atlantick
  2. Atlantics
  3. atlantid
  4. atlantids
  5. atlantification
  6. Atlantis
  7. Atlantist
  8. Atlantists
  9. atlantite
  10. Atlantium
  11. atlanto-

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