Atlantis

[ at-lan-tis ]
/ ætˈlæn tɪs /
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noun

a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.

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Words nearby Atlantis

Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Provinces, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic Standard Time, Atlantic time, Atlantis, atlanto-, atlantoaxial, atlanto-occipital membrane, at large, atlas
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British Dictionary definitions for Atlantis

Atlantis
/ (ətˈlæntɪs) /

noun

(in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
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Cultural definitions for Atlantis

Atlantis

A kingdom in classical mythology. According to legend, it was once an island in the Atlantic Ocean, was swallowed up in an earthquake, and is now covered by the sea.

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