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Lost City

Lost City proper noun: a hydrothermal vent field on the Atlantis Massif of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the floor of the Atlantic.

Proper noun

Lost City

  1. A hydrothermal vent field on the Atlantis Massif of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the floor of the Atlantic.
  2. A number of places in the United States

Origin of Lost City

lost + city * (Atlantic hydrothermal vent field): From having a passing resemblance to a city downtown full of skyscrapers.

Questions about Lost City

What does Lost City mean?
Lost City means a hydrothermal vent field on the Atlantis Massif of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the floor of the Atlantic.
What part of speech is Lost City?
Lost City is a proper noun.

Words near Lost City in the dictionary

  1. lost and founds
  2. lost articles
  3. lost caste
  4. lost cause
  5. lost causes
  6. Lost City
  7. Lost Colony
  8. lost control
  9. lost count
  10. Lost Creek
  11. Lost Dakota

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