ATLANTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantis mean? 

• ATLANTIS (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIS has 1 sense:

1. according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATLANTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Atlantis" is a kind of...):

fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)

 Context examples 

Dating of the material, which is thought to be early concrete, suggested it was between 10,000 and 12,000 years old, which would fit the rough timeline of when Atlantis is said to have existed.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A high-tech company called Merlin Burrows believes it might have finally pinpointed the remains of the mythical city of Atlantis where it once stood.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If there’s one archaeological find that would turn the world on its head it would be the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This is hardly the first time a group has claimed discovery of Atlantis and it’s not even the first time that researchers suggested the remains might be sitting in this specific location in Spain.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nobody even really knows if Plato meant for his writings to be taken as documentation of the existence of the city or if he was just sewing a yarn to serve as a warning against the dangers of excess, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of people from searching for Atlantis.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Merlin Burrows, which calls itself a land and sea search company specializing in finding forgotten or hidden things, is poised to release a documentary about what it says may finally be proof that Atlantis was real.

(Researchers Claim to Have Found Mythical City of Atlantis in Spain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)