Lemuria

¹ American  

[le-myoor-ee-uh] / lɛˈmyʊər i ə /

noun

1. Also called Mu.  a hypothetical continent said to be submerged under the Indian Ocean, originally posited to explain the presence of lemur fossils only in India and Madagascar and then suggested as the origin of the human race: ultimately, in view of the indefensibility of either hypothesis, added to the corpus of legend and myth along with Atlantis, Avalon, and the like.

2. any of various fictional locations in novels, games, etc., drawing on the related myth or legend.

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Lemuria ² American  

[le-myoor-ee-uh] / lɛˈmyʊər i ə /

noun

Roman Religion.

1. a variant of Lemuralia

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Example Sentences

Lemuria Books is on the second floor of a small shopping center next to one of Jackson’s interstates.

From Literature

Dad marches into Lemuria, zeroed right in on me.

From Literature

Dickey’s story emphasizes the potency of the 19th century, a time when lovers of myth and mystery, alienated by the rise of Darwinian science, proposed possibilities of vanished civilizations like Atlantis or lost landscapes of large aliens and small lemurs, like Lemuria.

From New York Times

Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi, told The Mississippi Business Journal that Mr. Grisham’s releases are usually a “high traffic event” for the bookstore, which is offering curbside delivery and online sales.

From Washington Times

As the morning unfolds, all four of Get Lost’s stages and immersive environments open up one by one, each themed after a lost civilization: Mu, Theia, The Garden of Eden, and Lemuria.

From The Guardian