Bermuda triangle
the triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and a point near Melbourne, Florida, in which a number of ships and aircraft are purported to have disappeared mysteriously.
Contemporary Examples
Before 447: Seven Other Plane-Crash Mysteries The Daily Beast June 4, 2009
noun
an area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Florida where ships and aeroplanes are alleged to have disappeared mysteriously
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