What is another word for atlantis?

Pronunciation: [atlˈantɪs] (IPA)

Atlantis is a mythical island that has fascinated people for centuries. While the name Atlantis is widely recognized, there are numerous synonyms that describe this lost city. These words include Lemuria, Mu, Thule, and Hyperborea. Lemuria is a lost continent that is said to have existed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and has similarities to the story of Atlantis. Mu is a similar lost continent that is believed to have sunk into the Pacific Ocean. Thule refers to a legendary island that is believed to be located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Finally, Hyperborea is a mythical land located beyond the North Wind, believed to be the home of a god-like people. These synonyms demonstrate the breadth and depth of human imagination and the ongoing fascination with lost and mythical places.

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What are the hypernyms for Atlantis?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    mythical place, lost city, legendary location, mythical civilization, sunken civilization.

What are the hyponyms for Atlantis?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Atlantis

But the Otherworld idea being in essence animistic is not to be regarded, save from a superficial point of view, as conceivably having had its origin in a lost atlantis.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Both washed by the waters of the Ocean of atlantis, the one an island, the other a peninsula, they have best preserved their old racial life in its simplicity and beauty, with its high ideals, its mystical traditions, and its strong spirituality.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Perhaps in Rome, perhaps atlantis; but assuredly we met and we meet again to fulfil a compact made in the dawn of time.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer

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