| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Atlantides" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Atlantides
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A name given to the Pleiades or seven stars, which were feigned to be the daughters of Atlas, a king of Mauritania, or of his brother, Hesperus, who were translated to heaven. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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