Atlantean

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Atlantean

/ətˈlænti.ən/
/ætlənˈtiːən/

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From Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean.

noun Atlanteans · Atlantian

An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis. 1847, M. Bodichon, Études sur l'Algérie, translated in Nott & Gliddon, 1854, Types of mankind, The Atlanteans, among the ancients, passed for the favorite children of Neptune; they made known the worship of this god to other nations
A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas. This pyramid has been restored and the tall statues, called Atlanteans (Los Atlantes), have been erected on its summit.

adjective Atlantian

not comparable Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear / The weight of mightiest Monarchies.
figuratively, not comparable Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas 1940, WHD Rouse, trans. of Nonnus, Dionysiaca I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the stars’ Atlantean vault, and dwell in heaven
not comparable Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures Arms outstretched, an Atlantean statue of Jesus welcomes a diver in the mysterious depths off Ambergris Caye
not comparable Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization. 2002, Vadim Joseph Rossman, Vidal Sassoon, International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era, Barkashov saw a critical difference between Atlantis and Hyperborea in the organization of labor. The At
figuratively, not comparable flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean 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.
not comparable of Saturn's moon Atlas

proper noun Atlantian

The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis. 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.
A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. 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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noun an inhabitant of the mythical land

Español	atlante
Português	atlante
Deutsch	Atlanter, also Atlantier

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Français	atlante

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@misc{atlantean_2026,
  title = {Atlantean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atlantean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}