Atlantis

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proper noun

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

OriginAncient Greek Ἀτλαντίς ← Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

    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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*telh₂-“bear, undergo, endure”
  2. Ancient GreekἈτλαντίς
  3. EnglishAtlantis

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.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντίς
  • Ἀτλαντίς (Atlantís)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Arabic أَطْلَانْطِس
  • أَطْلَانْطِس (ʔaṭlānṭis)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Catalan Atlàntida
  • Atlàntidamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Chinese Mandarin 阿特蘭蒂斯 /阿特兰蒂斯, 亞特蘭蒂斯 /亚特兰蒂斯
  • 阿特蘭蒂斯 /阿特兰蒂斯 (Ātèlándìsī)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • 亞特蘭蒂斯 /亚特兰蒂斯 (Yàtèlándìsī)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • 大西國 /大西国 (Dàxīguó)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • 亞特蘭提斯 /亚特兰提斯mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Czech Atlantida
  • Atlantidamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Danish Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Dutch Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Esperanto Atlantido
  • Atlantidomythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Finnish Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
French Atlantide
  • Atlantidemythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
German Atlantis, Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Greek Ατλαντίδα
  • Ατλαντίδα (Atlantída)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Hebrew אטלנטיס
  • אטלנטיס (atlantis)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Hungarian Atlantisz
  • Atlantiszmythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Italian Atlantide
  • Atlantidemythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Japanese アトランティス
  • アトランティス (Atorantisu)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Korean 아틀란티스
  • 아틀란티스 (Ateullantiseu)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Latin Atlantis insula, atlantis insula
  • Atlantis insulamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • atlantis insulamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
  • atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Persian آتلانتیس
  • آتلانتیس (âtlântis)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Polish Atlantyda
  • Atlantydamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Portuguese Atlântida
  • Atlântidamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Romanian Atlantida
  • Atlantidamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Russian Атланти́да
  • Атланти́да (Atlantída)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Spanish Atlántida
  • Atlántidamythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Swedish Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Ukrainian Атланти́да
  • Атланти́да (Atlantýda)mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean
Welsh Atlantis
  • Atlantismythical country said to have sunk into the ocean

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Atlantis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantis

MLA

“Atlantis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atlantis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantis.

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