Atlantis en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ətˈlæntəs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ət̚ˈlæɾ̃ɪs] (General-American)
- /ətˈlæntəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís), from Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Atlas”), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Meanings
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A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
I might have drifted on for my whole life as a psychical Researcher, showing a sympathetic, but more or less dilettante attitude towards the whole subject, as if we were arguing about some impersonal thing such as the existence of Atlantis or the Baconian controversy.
1918, Arthur Conan Doyle, The New Revelation:How far, since then, the ocean streams / Have swept us from that land of dreams, / That land of fiction and of truth, / The lost Atlantis of our youth!
1880, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Dedication to G. W. G.”, in Ultima Thule:
Deriveds
Translations (42)
fr Atlantide (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ca Atlàntida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · mn Атлантис (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · fa آتلانتیس (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · pt Atlântida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · uk Атланти́да (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · hu Atlantisz (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · grc Ἀτλαντίς (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · sh Атланти́да (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · la atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ar أَطْلَانْطِس (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · it Atlantide (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · la atlantis insula (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · sh Atlantída (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ro Atlantida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · sv Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ko 아틀란티스 (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cmn 亞特蘭蒂斯 /亚特兰蒂斯 (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cmn 亞特蘭提斯 /亚特兰提斯 (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · sq Atlantida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · be Атланты́да (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · el Ατλαντίδα (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · he אטלנטיס (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ru Атланти́да (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · de Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · pl Atlantyda (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ja アトランティス (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cy Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · es Atlántida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ka ატლანტიდა (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cs Atlantida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · mr अट्लँटिस (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ia Atlantida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · fi Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · da Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · nl Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · la Atlantis insula (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cmn 阿特蘭蒂斯 /阿特兰蒂斯 (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · eo Atlantido (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · cmn 大西國 /大西国 (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · de Atlantis (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) · ast Atlántida (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean)