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

Example Sentences

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Bermuda Triangle

The popularity of the Bermuda Triangle idea may say as much about perception as results.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

We should be thankful Vaughn didn’t vaporize into thin air, given the Bermuda Triangle eeriness of this dis-harmonic convergence.*

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

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

From National Geographic ● May 9, 2023

The segment of Challenger was found in waters off Florida’s Space Coast, well northwest of the area popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 11, 2022

The next curtain says Cause of the Bermuda Triangle.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston