Bermuda Triangle
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- proper noun
- /bərˈmjuːdə ˈtraɪæŋɡəl/
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Triángulo de las Bermudas
- Many ships have mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle, leading to various theories about its dangers.
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B. Meyer believes that disclosure of the secrets of the strange pyramids that are at the center of the triangle could shed light on the cases related to the terrible and mysterious disappearances that are associated with the Bermuda Triangle.
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When folks think of aviation mysteries, cases like the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart over the central Pacific or the 1945 disappearance of five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers over the Bermuda Triangle often come to mind.
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Two giant underwater pyramids made of thick glass were found in the center of the Bermuda Triangle.
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American oceanographers in 1990 discovered the underwater pyramids, which are located exactly at the center of the Bermuda Triangle.
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I heard a radio report back in the mid '70s about a pyramid being discovered underwater in the Bermuda Triangle.
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No one has ever reported a ship sunk by a gas bubble, but some people think methane hydrate might explain the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle.
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The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle continues to fascinate researchers and adventurers alike.
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Legends about the Bermuda Triangle claim that it is responsible for numerous unexplained disappearances.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bermuda + triangle
Bermuda Triangle is a proper-name reference to a region famous for alleged mysterious disappearances; the figurative meaning 'an area where things repeatedly disappear or fail' depends on that cultural/encyclopedic knowledge rather than regular compositional semantics. A B1 learner who knows 'Bermuda' (as a place name) and 'triangle' (a three‑sided shape) would not reliably infer the idiomatic figurative sense from the constituents alone, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Bermuda Triangle comes from the three points Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico that make a triangle on the map, and old stories said ships and planes often 'disappeared' there as if something had swallowed them. So it now means the real sea area famous for unexplained losses.