Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lemuria

/ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: lemuria
IPA: /ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

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.

name

A supposed lost country, continent, or island of the Indian Ocean inhabited by an ancient, spiritually advanced race or advanced alien visitants.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Latin Lemuria.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Lemuria
Suffix: lemur

Derived Forms

Lemurian

Frequently Paired Words

Atlantis Hyperborea Mu

Questions

How do you pronounce lemuria?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/.
What does lemuria mean?: A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.
Where does lemuria come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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