Atlantean

Meanings

Noun

• An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.
• A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas.

Adjective

• Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength
• Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
• Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
• Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
• flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
• of Saturn's moon Atlas

Proper Noun

• The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis.
• A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Origin

• Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean