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Atlas.

The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.

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name/ˈætləs/

  1. The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.

    Greek · countable · uncountable

  2. A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois.

    countable · uncountable

  3. A placename: A place in the United States: A township in Genesee County, Michigan.

    countable · uncountable

  4. A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.

    countable · uncountable

  5. A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.

    countable · uncountable

  6. A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

    countable · uncountable

  7. A placename: A moon of Saturn.

    countable · uncountable

  8. A placename: A crater in the last quadrant of the moon.

    countable · uncountable

  9. A placename: A triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45) also known as 27 Tauri.

    countable · uncountable

  10. A surname.

    countable

  11. An SM-65, an early ICBM, soon developed into a long-lived orbital launch vehicle series.

    US · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

noun/ˈætləs/

  1. A particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.

    US
Where this word comes from

From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

name/ˈætləs/

  1. A subgroup of the Berber languages.

  2. Ellipsis of Atlas Mountains

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From French Atlas. From the Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), stemming from the belief that the mountain range is actually the body of the Titan Atlas after being turned to stone. The Berber languages exist in the region of the Atlas Mountains.

name/ˈætləs/

  1. Alternative form of ATLAS

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

Alteration of ATLAS

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