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Atlas.

atlas (bound collection of maps)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈatlas/
  1. atlas (bound collection of maps)

    masculine · strong
  2. atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations on any subject)

    masculine · strong
  3. atlas (figure of a man used as a column)

    masculine · strong · uncommon
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

name/ˈatlas/
  1. Atlas (moon of Saturn)

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
  2. Atlas (star in the Pleiades)

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
  3. Atlas (crater in the first quadrant of the moon)

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

name/ˈatlas/
  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

noun/ˈatlas/
  1. atlas satin

    masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas).

name/ˈatlas/
  1. the Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Africa)

    definite · proper-noun · strong · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

noun/ˈatlas/
  1. atlas (uppermost vertebra of the neck)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

name/ˈatlas/
  1. Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders)

    Greek · masculine · proper-noun · strong
  2. an unknown-gender given name

    masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

name/ˈatlas/
  1. Atlas (family of US intercontinental ballistic missiles)

    definite · proper-noun · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

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