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Atlas en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈætləs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Atlas en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈætləs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (Greek, countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ A township in Genesee County, Michigan.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin.
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A moon of Saturn.
8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A crater in the last quadrant of the moon.
9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45) also known as 27 Tauri.
10. (countable) A surname.
11. (US, countable, uncountable) An SM-65, an early ICBM, soon developed into a long-lived orbital launch vehicle series.

Forms

Deriveds

Atlas-like · Atlas beetle · Atlantean · Atlas cedar · Atlas complex · Atlas wheatear

Translations (61)

cs Atlás (Greek mythology) · el Άτλας (Greek mythology) · pl Atlas (Greek mythology) · bg Атлас (a star in the Pleiades) · hy Ատլաս (Greek mythology) · pt Atlas (Greek mythology) · de Atlas (Greek mythology) · ru А́тлас (Greek mythology) · ka ატლასი (a moon of Saturn) · nl Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · nl Atlas (Greek mythology) · fi Atlas (Greek mythology) · bg Атлас (Greek mythology) · ckb ئەتڵەس (Greek mythology) · bg Атлас (a crater of the moon) · bg Атлас (a moon of Saturn) · sk Atlas (Greek mythology) · sl Atlas (Greek mythology) · hu Atlasz (a moon of Saturn) · es Atlante (Greek mythology) · hu Atlasz (Greek mythology) · sh Atlas (a crater of the moon) · pt Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · it Atlante (Greek mythology) · sv Atlas (Greek mythology) · fi Atlas (a crater of the moon) · da Atlas (a crater of the moon) · ca Atles (Greek mythology) · sh Atlas (Greek mythology) · fa اطلس (Greek mythology) · fi Atlas (intercontinental ballistic missile) · mi Tupuārangi (a star in the Pleiades) · fr Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · gl Atlas (Greek mythology) · grc Ἄτλας (Greek mythology) · et Atlas (Greek mythology) · sk Atlás (Greek mythology) · grc Ἄτλας (Greek mythology) · ka ატლასი (Greek mythology) · da Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · de Atlas (intercontinental ballistic missile) · bg Атлас (intercontinental ballistic missile) · fr Atlas (a crater of the moon) · oc Atlàs (Greek mythology) · fi Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · hu Atlasz (a crater of the moon) · sl Atlant (Greek mythology) · de Atlas (a crater of the moon) · sh Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · ar أَطْلَس (Greek mythology) · ga Atlás (Greek mythology) · fr Atlas (Greek mythology) · hi वर्षयंती तारा (a star in the Pleiades) · cmn 土衛十五 /土卫十五 (a moon of Saturn) · de Atlas (a moon of Saturn) · da Atlas (Greek mythology) · ka ატლანტი (Greek mythology) · ru Атла́нт (Greek mythology) · es Atlas (Greek mythology) · ca Atles (a moon of Saturn) · lv Atlants (Greek mythology)

Atlas en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈætləs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. A subgroup of the Berber languages.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Atlas Mountains
   alt of Atlas Mountains

Forms

Relateds

Atlas Mountains · Central Atlas Tamazight

Atlas en · PROPN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈætləs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Alteration of ATLAS

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of ATLAS
   alt of ATLAS