'Lemuria' definitions:

Definition of 'Lemuria'

From: GCIDE
  • Lemuria \Le*mu"ri*a\ (l[-e]*m[=u]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the lemurs.] A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. --Herschel. [1913 Webster]