Atlantis (Etymology)

Plato (>Timaeus / Critias):

• Atlantis[*] - named after its first king, Atlas[+]

North-West African Tribes:

• Atalantes - names given by classical writers
• Atarantes - to the inhabitants of regions
• Atlantioi - near the Atlas mountains

North African Berbers:

• Attala - legendary kingdom off the coast

Celtic tribes of Europe:

• Avalon - paradise in the western seas

Basques:

• Atlaintika - their mythical place of origin

Portuguese:

• Atlantida - a lost land below the Azores

Canary Islands:

• Atalaya - still a common place-name

Vikings:

• Atli - Valhalla in the western seas

Phoenicians/Carthaginians:

• Antilla - an island in the west

Ancient Egyptians:

• Amenti - abode of the divine sun-boat

Ancient Babylonians:

• Arallu - the western paradise[#]

Ancient Arabians:

• Ad - the first civilisation in the west

Hebrews (Torah):

• Adam - the first man

Sanskrit (Puranas):

• Attala - “White Island” in the west
• Atyantika - a final catastrophic destruction

Pre-Columbian Mexico:

• Aztlán - Aztec (eastern) island of origin

Venezuela:

• Atlán - home of the “white Indians”

North American:

• Azatlán - Indian village on Lake Michigan

Malay:

• Luca Antara - great mythical South Land[~]

Latin:

• Antarctica - frozen since the poles shifted
• Antipodes - counterbalance to the old world
• Australia - great southern land
• Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud

[N. Driscoll, Atlantis: A Conspiracy Revealed, pp. 19-21]

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[*] See >Atlantis (Location).

[+] See >Ventris, Michael.

[#] See >Quarles’ Book of Emblems.

[~] See >Mu.