Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atlantis

/ətˈlæntəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: at-lantis
IPA: /ətˈlæntəs/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

"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!"
"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."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *telh₂- (bear), Ἀτλαντίς, *telh₂-, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ətˈlæntəs/
British English: /ətˈlæntəs/

Derived Forms

Atlantean Atlantian

Rhymes With

mantis duplantis yantis

Questions

How do you pronounce atlantis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ətˈlæntəs/.
What does atlantis mean?: A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.
Where does atlantis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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