Atlantis

American  

[at-lan-tis] / ætˈlæn tɪs /

noun

1. 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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Atlantis British  

/ ətˈlæntɪs /

noun

1. (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar

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Atlantis Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Aquaventure Waterpark at the high-end Atlantis hotel on Dubai’s Palm, a man-made archipelago, offered complimentary tickets to residents and visitors while other hotels promoted lavish staycation packages with dining and spa options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Claudine Schwartz, a 49-year-old French tourist staying at the Royal Atlantis on The Palm, told AFP that she heard explosions and saw plumes of smoke Saturday.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Williams launched for the first time aboard space shuttle Discovery with STS-116 in December 2006 and returned aboard space shuttle Atlantis with the STS-117 crew.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

The editor of the nonpartisan journal the New Atlantis pointed out in a 2022 New York Times essay that a little humility would have served Fauci and the country better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Nineteenth- century writers attributed the mound complexes to, among others, the Chinese, the Welsh, the Phoenicians, the lost nation of Atlantis, and various biblical personages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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