Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to Atlas; resembling Atlas.
  • Pertaining to the island Atlantis of Plato and Strabo, fabled to exist in the ocean of the far West, or to Bacon's ideal commonwealth of that name.
  • Sometimes written Atlantian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
  • adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.
  • noun The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis.
  • noun A language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
  • noun An atlantean pillar or statue (one 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
  • adjective figuratively Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas
  • adjective Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures
  • adjective Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization.
  • adjective figuratively flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean
  • adjective of Saturn's moon Atlas

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Atlas +‎ -ean and Atlantis +‎ -ean

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Examples

  • The partial documents read by them had led them to believe that the Atlantean was a conqueror and a killer.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • The partial documents read by them had led them to believe that the Atlantean was a conqueror and a killer.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

  • I only mean that, in a certain quality, which for want of a better word I have chosen to call Atlantean, they stand alone.

    Joseph Andrews Vol 1 Henry Fielding 1730

  • They even go into detail as to how they modeled the classic "Atlantean" sword...

    Archive 2008-11-01 Reis O'Brien 2008

  • They even go into detail as to how they modeled the classic "Atlantean" sword...

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  • It was one long love letter to Dick's neediness, Batman's cryptic nature, Ollie as 'The Blonde Bombshell in Green' and Arthur as some kind of Atlantean English Nobleman with thought patterns mere humans could never understand.

    Novelization: Inheritance _ Devin Grayson Avalon's Willow 2006

  • You'll need some accessories .... you might as well start with a Conan the Barbarian Atlantean Sword from myArmoury. com ...

    Archive 2009-09-01 Cromsblood 2009

  • Get yourself the squishy and huggable Atlantean Sword of Conan himself!

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  • You'll need some accessories .... you might as well start with a Conan the Barbarian Atlantean Sword from myArmoury. com ...

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  • She became the granddaughter of the Atlantean sorcerer Arion.

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