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Bermuda Triangle
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Pronunciation
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en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bermuda Triangle.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Bermuda Triangle 1
en area ocean/Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances.
en Devil's Triangle Triangle informal
en 1999 2000 Robert Lacey; Danny Danziger The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium Abacus London 187 According to the ‘business as usual’ school of modern historians, the millennial preoccupations of Glaber and Wulfstan hold no more significance than the jeremiads of the gullible and doom-laden who agonise in every society - the medieval equivalents of believers in UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, and the X files.
Derived terms
en Bermuda Triangled Pacific Bermuda Triangle
Related terms
en Dragon's Triangle in the Pacific Nevada Triangle in the state of Nevada
Translations
area in the Atlantic Ocean
Bulgarian: bg Берму́дски триъ́гълник m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 百慕大三角 Bǎimùdà sānjiǎo
Dutch: nl Bermuda Driehoek
Finnish: fi Bermudan kolmio
French: fr Triangle des Bermudes m
German: de Bermuda-Dreieck n, de Bermudadreieck n
Greek: el τρίγωνο των Βερμούδων n
Hungarian: hu Bermuda-háromszög
Irish: ga Triantán Bheirmiúda m
Italian: it Triangolo delle Bermuda
Japanese: ja バーミューダトライアングル Bāmyūda-toraianguru
Mongolian: mn Бермудын гурвалжин
Polish: pl Trójkąt Bermudzki m
Portuguese: pt Triângulo das Bermudas m
Russian: ru Берму́дский треуго́льник m
Spanish: es Triángulo de las Bermudas m
Swedish: sv Bermudatriangeln
Thai: th สามเหลี่ยมเบอร์มิวดา
Turkish: tr Bermuda Şeytan Üçgeni
Ukrainian: uk Берму́дський трику́тник m
See also
en Graveyard of the Atlantic
Noun
Bermuda Triangle
en figuratively by extension A confusing, chaotic place or situation where objects mysteriously disappear or things go wrong.
en The dryer is a Bermuda Triangle for socks.
en w:BioWare Mass Effect (video game) Mass Effect Redwood City Electronic Arts 2008 PC Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry 9780784546642 246633669 The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
Derived terms
en Bermuda Triangled
Translations
any area where things mysteriously disappear
Finnish: fi Bermudan kolmio
French: fr Triangle des Bermudes
Polish: pl trójkąt bermudzki m
Portuguese: pt sumidouro m
Russian: ru Берму́дский треуго́льник m
Slovene: sl Bermudski trikotnik
Turkish: tr Bermuda Şeytan Üçgeni
en terms derived from toponyms
en Pseudoscience