"Atlantean" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/
Etymology: Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Atlas|ean}} Atlas + -ean, {{suffix|en|Atlantis|ean}} Atlantis + -ean Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Atlantean (not comparable)
  1. Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Demonyms Synonyms: Atlantian (english: first pronunciation only)
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj--OLVxe9f Disambiguation of Demonyms: 27 11 3 7 4 17 5 10 9 6
  2. (figuratively) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj-e~xFYHiy
  3. Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj-AdEgGNHj
  4. Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj-nfQC6eS9
  5. (figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj-YRbYXsTK
  6. of Saturn's moon Atlas Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-adj-9Ge~8nbS

Proper name

IPA: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/
Etymology: Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Atlas|ean}} Atlas + -ean, {{suffix|en|Atlantis|ean}} Atlantis + -ean Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Atlantean
  1. The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis.
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-name-J~IcUhAm
  2. A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Categories (topical): Artificial languages, Languages
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-name-VK-rmcLe Disambiguation of Artificial languages: 11 9 3 1 3 12 17 39 2 4 Disambiguation of Languages: 12 10 4 1 2 15 17 33 1 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Atlantic, Atlantis, atlantal Coordinate_terms: Lemurian, Muvian, hyperborean

Noun

IPA: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/ Forms: Atlanteans [plural]
Etymology: Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Atlas|ean}} Atlas + -ean, {{suffix|en|Atlantis|ean}} Atlantis + -ean Head templates: {{en-noun}} Atlantean (plural Atlanteans)
  1. An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis. Translations (an inhabitant of the mythical land): atlante (Asturian), atlant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), Atlanter [masculine] (German), also Atlantier [masculine] (German), atlante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), atlante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-noun-TcoRigOU Disambiguation of 'an inhabitant of the mythical land': 98 2
  2. A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas.
    Sense id: en-Atlantean-en-noun-euVBWrFE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Ben Thompson, Badass of the Week: Hideaki Akaiwa",
          "text": "So [after the tsunami], once again Hideaki navigated his way through the Atlantean city, picking his way through crumbling wreckage, splintered wood, and shredded metal to find his elderly mother.",
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        }
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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(figuratively) flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "of Saturn's moon Atlas"
      ],
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        [
          "Saturn",
          "Saturn"
        ],
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          "Atlas",
          "Atlas"
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        "not-comparable"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ətˈlænti.ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ætlənˈtiːən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "first pronunciation only",
      "word": "Atlantian"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Artificial languages",
    "en:Demonyms",
    "en:Languages"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "Lemurian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muvian"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperborean"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "Atlas",
        "3": "ean"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Atlantis",
        "3": "ean"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Atlantean",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Atlantic"
    },
    {
      "word": "Atlantis"
    },
    {
      "word": "atlantal"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, J. Allan Danelek, Atlantis: Lessons from the Lost Continent",
          "text": "How Atlantean sounded or how the various alphabets worked is anyone's guess, of course, but since there is a certain logic to how language is constructed, we might allow that theirs may not have been so different from our own.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis."
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        [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Tim Conley, Stephen Cain, Encyclopedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages",
          "text": "Indeed, Okrand's goal in inventing Atlantean was to recreate Indo-European, and it thus borrows from several languages yet contains no recognizable words from these linguistic systems.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "constructed language",
          "constructed language"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ətˈlænti.ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ætlənˈtiːən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "first pronunciation only",
      "word": "Atlantian"
    }
  ],
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}

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