Lemuria

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]