Atlas
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Greek Mythological figure Atlas (see below), meaning "The Bearer (of the Heavens)", from tlenai, (to suffer, endure, bear).
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Atlas
- (Greek mythology) : son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
- (astronomy) a moon of Saturn
- (astronomy) a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
- (Warfare, U.S.) Intercontinental ballistic missile
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Greek mythology
a moon of Saturn
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[edit] Noun
Atlas m. (genitive Atlas, plural Atlanten or Atlasse)
- (cartography or reference work) atlas
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Atlas
- (Greek mythology) Atlas: son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
- (astronomy) Atlas: a moon of Saturn
- (astronomy) Atlas: a star in the Pleiades
- (astronomy) Atlas: a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
- (Warfare, U.S.) Atlas: Intercontinental ballistic missile
- (medical science) Atlas: first cervical vertebra, which is holding the head
- (geography) Atlas Mountains: a mountain range located in northwest Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
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Atlās (genitive Atlantis); m, third declension
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Atlas m.
- Atlas (mythology).
