Definition of atlantean in English English dictionary
- A 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.
- (especially Atlantian) An inhabitant of the mythical land of Atlantis
The People of the Sea, as the Atlanteans were sometimes called, first carried firecrackers and then gun powder to the Far East.
- (especially Atlantian) Of or pertaining to the mythical land, people or civilisation of Atlantis
Many think the unusual linguistics and genetics associated with the Basques—being markedly different from the Indo-European people and most likely having a different origin—make a strong case for associating them with Atlantis, and the Basque people have had historic links to sorcery and witchcraft. Merlin, also spelled Merlyn and Myrrdin, and the Lady of the Lake were priest and priestess of the Atlantean religion, coming from the western lands.
- (especially Atlantean) Of or pertaining to the Greek titan Atlas, mythical king of Atlantis
- 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. On the other hand, some of their tongues may have been truly exotic and indecipherable .
- {a} pertaining to Atlas or the Atlantic
- An inhabitant of the mythical land of Atlantis
- Of or pertaining to Atlantis
- The language supposedly spoken by these people
- Of or pertaining to the Greek god Atlas
- Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean
- Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong
