Atlantis
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- proper noun
- /əˈtlæntɪs/
- Literature
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Atlántida
- Legends say that Atlantis was a powerful civilization that sank into the sea.
- lost city of Atlantis
- myth of Atlantis
- ruins of Atlantis
Yet despite people's best efforts, Atlantis is still missing.
- Yet despite people's best efforts, Atlantis is still missing.
- OK, so Atlantis was told to us through Plato.
- He, he, so the myth of Atlantis, right?
- The ocean swallowed us and Atlantis sank.
- They're trying to find the technologies, the philosophies and the knowledge of Atlantis to to rebuild civilization.
- That means that those ruins off of Cuba are part of Atlantis.
- The past era of Atlantis said no, we are supposed to be in order balance all connected with the Mother Earth.
- It's, you know, got a lot of water and it it's, it's kind of old and, and these are all true, but but it's, it's just not Atlantis.
Examples
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We're standing in the lost city of Atlantis.
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OK, so Atlantis was told to us through Plato.
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No son or daughter of Atlantis will ever tell you.
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A long time ago, the people of Atlantis began to fight.
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I live in a place we call Atlantis.
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The lady will be travelling to Atlantis with me.
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Yet despite people's best efforts, Atlantis is still missing.
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I give you the legendary lost city of Atlantis.
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Even though the evidence about Atlantis is still inconclusive, a visit to the site is an enlightening experience.
Academic text (1999) -
Our grandchildren may only know Serengeti as a faintly exotic word, like Atlantis or Eden.
Academic text (2009)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Atlantis comes from old Greek and originally meant 'island of Atlas'. Atlas was the giant whose name also appears in Atlantic, so it's easy to remember Atlantis as a great island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean and later vanish beneath the waves.