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Atlas.

Atlas (titan who holds the sky)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈa.tlɐs/Brazil/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Portugal
  1. Atlas (titan who holds the sky)

    Greek · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, literally “The Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from Ἄ (Á, copulative prefix) + τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer, to endure, to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support, lift, weigh”).

name/ˈa.tlɐs/Brazil/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Portugal
  1. Atlas (a moon of Saturn)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, literally “The Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from Ἄ (Á, copulative prefix) + τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer, to endure, to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support, lift, weigh”).

name/ˈa.tlɐs/Brazil/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈa.tlɐʃ/Portugal
  1. Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Africa)

    masculine · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, literally “The Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from Ἄ (Á, copulative prefix) + τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer, to endure, to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support, lift, weigh”).

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