Atlas

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 German 2.1 Noun 2.2 Proper noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Proper noun 4 Portuguese 4.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Greek Mythological figure Atlas (see below), meaning "The Bearer (of the Heavens)", from tlenai, (to suffer, endure, bear).

[edit] Proper noun

Atlas

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) a moon of Saturn
3. (astronomy) a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
4. (Warfare, U.S.) Intercontinental ballistic missile

[edit] Related terms

• Atlas Mountains

[edit] Translations

---

[edit] German

Wikipedia ^de

[edit] Noun

Atlas m. (genitive Atlas, plural Atlanten or Atlasse)

1. (cartography or reference work) atlas

[edit] Proper noun

Atlas

1. (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.
2. (astronomy) Atlas: a moon of Saturn
3. (astronomy) Atlas: a star in the Pleiades
4. (astronomy) Atlas: a crater in the first quadrant of the moon
5. (Warfare, U.S.) Atlas: Intercontinental ballistic missile
6. (medical science) Atlas: first cervical vertebra, which is holding the head
7. (geography) Atlas Mountains: a mountain range located in northwest Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

---

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈat.laːs/

[edit] Proper noun

Atlās (genitive Atlantis); m, third declension

1. The Titan Atlas.

---

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Proper noun

Atlas m.

1. Atlas (mythology).