Lemuria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.
name
  1. A hypothetical continent or landmass postulated to have existed as an explanation of why lemur fossils appeared in Madagascar and India, but not in Africa or the Middle East.
  2. A supposed lost country, continent, or island of the Indian Ocean inhabited by an ancient, spiritually advanced race or advanced alien visitants.

Pronunciation

/ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/

Word forms

Lemuria

Etymology

From Latin Lemuria.

Derived words

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