ALL meanings of atlantis
At·lan·tis
A a - noun atlantis (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar 3
- noun atlantis legendary island or continent supposed to have existed in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar and to have sunk into the ocean 3
- noun atlantis A legendary island, beautiful and prosperous, which sank into the sea. 1
- noun atlantis a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c. 1