Lemuria

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/ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/

proper noun

A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.

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Meanings

Lemuria1

proper noun
  1. historicalA religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.

Lemuria2

proper noun
  1. A hypothetical continent or landmass postulated to have existed as an explanation of why lemur fossils appeared in Madagascar and India, but not in Africa or the Middle East.

    Dr. Sclater has proposed for the hypothetical continent connecting these distant points, and whose former existence is indicated by the Mascarene islands and the Maldive coral group, the name of Lemuria.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 445
  2. New Agehuman sciencesA supposed lost country, continent, or island of the Indian Ocean inhabited by an ancient, spiritually advanced race or advanced alien visitants.

Synonyms & antonyms

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lemuralia

Origin

Lemuria · proper noun

  1. LatinLemuria
  2. EnglishLemuria

From Latin Lemuria.

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Lemuria · proper noun

From lemur + -ia; coined by English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1864.

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Translations

French Lémuries
  • Lémuriesreligious feast of Ancient Rome
Greek Λεμουρία
  • Λεμουρία (Lemouría)hypothetical island in the Indian Ocean
Latin Lemūria
  • Lemūriareligious feast of Ancient Rome
Portuguese Lemúria
  • Lemúriahypothetical island in the Indian Ocean

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rumelia
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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