Lemuria
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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.
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any of various fictional locations in novels, games, etc., drawing on the related myth or legend.
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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 • Apr. 27, 2020
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 • Apr. 3, 2019
But in the rare-edition room at Lemuria Books in Jackson, Miss., there’s Grisham’s first novel, “A Time to Kill,” written when he was still working as a small-town lawyer.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2017
Lemuria is a phantom island, one of those agreements made with the facts that can sometimes go on, untroubled, for centuries.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2014
Dad marches into Lemuria, zeroed right in on me.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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