Atlantis

[ at-lan-tis ]

/ ætˈlæn tɪs /

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

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The philosopher, Plato, linked Santorini with the mythical lost city of Atlantis that sank beneath the waves.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His 1985 novel Masters of Atlantis concerns the plight of the Gnomons, a group dedicated to sharing the mysteries of Atlantis.
What a Real Cult Novel Looks Like|Drew Toal|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Masters of Atlantis, newspaper people “treat as pests those who walk in off the street with inquiries, or even news.”
Charles Portis, a Journalist With True Grit|Jay Jennings|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Yet, unlike such Grail-oriented conspiracies (and Atlantis, yetis and UFOs), the Shroud very definitely exists.
The Shroud of Turin and Thomas de Wesselow’s ‘The Sign.’|Thomas de Wesselow|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The Shroud is generally lumped in with silly-season subjects, such as Atlantis, yetis, and UFOs.
The Shroud of Turin and Thomas de Wesselow’s ‘The Sign.’|Thomas de Wesselow|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The whole great island of Atlantis, with its people and its wealth, sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Ideal Commonwealths|Various
Nine thousand years before the time of Plato this island of Atlantis was both thickly settled and very powerful.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)|George Warburton
The Atlantis of Plato, and the clear prediction in Seneca of another world in the west, fired his imagination.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8|Various
Its tameness seemed a fitting symbol of the masterful strength of this new ruler of Atlantis.
The Lost Continent|C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
Donelly fancifully claims the sign as being that of the garden of Eden, and of the four rivers flowing from it (see “Atlantis”).
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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