Definition/Meaning of Atlantean

• English - Noun: Atlantean ( plural Atlanteans ) 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 . ca . 2005 ,…
• English - Adjective: Atlantean ( not comparable ) Of or like the Greek titan Atlas , who carries the heavens on his shoulders , as in Atlantean strength 1667 , Milton , Paradise Lost With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear / The weight of mightiest Monarchies . ( figuratively ) Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas 1940 , WHD Rouse , trans . of Nonnus , Dionysiaca I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the…
• English - Proper noun: Atlantean The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis . 2008 , J . Allan Danelek, Atlantis: Lessons from the Lost Continent , 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 language invented for…
• English - Alternative forms: Atlantian
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /ətˈlæntiən/ , /ætlənˈtiːən/