Bermuda Triangle

American  

noun

1. the triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and a point near Melbourne, Florida, in which a number of ships and aircraft are purported to have disappeared mysteriously.

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Bermuda Triangle British  

noun

1. an area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Florida where ships and aeroplanes are alleged to have disappeared mysteriously

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Etymology

Origin of Bermuda Triangle

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

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Bermuda Triangle

Draw a line from Brighton to Bournemouth to Brentford and back down to Brighton again and you will have formed the Premier League's very own "Bermuda Triangle".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The attraction’s original name was the delightfully to-the-point Disaster Theater, but the current Bermuda Triangle designation gives less away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The Bermuda Triangle is an area roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.

From National Geographic ● May 9, 2023

The first episode of The History Channel’s six-part series "The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters," scheduled to premiere on Nov. 22, chronicles the Challenger find, from first dive to the teams’ meeting at NASA.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022

This has not been found to agree with experience, unless that turns out to be the explanation for the people who are supposed to have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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