atlas

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• UK: /ˈætləs/
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• UK, sometimes: /ˈætlɪs/
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• US: ătʹləs
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• US: /ˈætləs/
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• South-Asia: /ˈæʈ.ləs/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 T L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

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.

Alteration of ATLAS

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).

From Arabic أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas, “satin”).

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas) — Greek mythology
• Armenian: Ատլաս — Greek mythology
• Bulgarian: Атлас — Greek mythology
• Catalan: Atles — Greek mythology
• Czech: Atlás — Greek mythology
• Danish: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Dutch: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Estonian: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Finnish: Atlas — Greek mythology
• French: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Galician: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Georgian: ატლანტი (aṭlanṭi) — Greek mythology
• Georgian: ატლასი (aṭlasi) — Greek mythology
• German: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Greek: Άτλας (Átlas) — Greek mythology
• Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας (Átlas) — Greek mythology
• Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας (Átlas) — Greek mythology
• Hungarian: Atlasz — Greek mythology
• Irish: Atlás — Greek mythology
• Italian: Atlante — Greek mythology
• Central Kurdish: ئەتڵەس (etlles) — Greek mythology
• Latvian: Atlants — Greek mythology
• Occitan: Atlàs — Greek mythology
• Persian: اطلس (atlas) — Greek mythology
• Polish: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Portuguese: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Russian: А́тлас (Átlas) — Greek mythology
• Russian: Атла́нт (Atlánt) — Greek mythology
• Serbo-Croatian: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Slovak: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Slovak: Atlás — Greek mythology
• Slovene: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Slovene: Atlant — Greek mythology
• Spanish: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Spanish: Atlante — Greek mythology
• Swedish: Atlas — Greek mythology
• Bulgarian: Атлас — a moon of Saturn
• Catalan: Atles — a moon of Saturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 土衛十五 /土卫十五 (Tǔwèishíwǔ) — a moon of Saturn
• Danish: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Dutch: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Finnish: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• French: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Georgian: ატლასი (aṭlasi) — a moon of Saturn
• German: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Hungarian: Atlasz — a moon of Saturn
• Portuguese: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Serbo-Croatian: Atlas — a moon of Saturn
• Bulgarian: Атлас — a crater of the moon
• Danish: Atlas — a crater of the moon
• Finnish: Atlas — a crater of the moon
• French: Atlas — a crater of the moon
• German: Atlas — a crater of the moon
• Hungarian: Atlasz — a crater of the moon
• Serbo-Croatian: Atlas — a crater of the moon
• Bulgarian: Атлас — a star in the Pleiades
• Hindi: वर्षयंती तारा (varṣayantī tārā) — a star in the Pleiades
• Māori: Tupuārangi — a star in the Pleiades
• Bulgarian: Атлас — intercontinental ballistic missile
• Finnish: Atlas — intercontinental ballistic missile
• German: Atlas — intercontinental ballistic missile
• Afrikaans: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Albanian: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Arabic: أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas) — bound collection of maps
• Armenian: ատլաս (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Armenian: քարտեզագիրք (kʻartezagirkʻ) — bound collection of maps
• Asturian: atles — bound collection of maps
• Azerbaijani: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Belarusian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of maps
• Bulgarian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of maps
• Catalan: atles — bound collection of maps
• Chinese Mandarin: 地圖集 /地图集 (dìtújí) — bound collection of maps
• Chinese Mandarin: 地圖冊 /地图册 (dìtúcè) — bound collection of maps
• Czech: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Danish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Dutch: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Esperanto: atlaso — bound collection of maps
• Esperanto: maparo — bound collection of maps
• Estonian: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Faroese: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Finnish: kartasto — bound collection of maps
• Finnish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• French: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Galician: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Georgian: ატლასი (aṭlasi) — bound collection of maps
• German: Atlas — bound collection of maps
• Greek: άτλας (átlas) — bound collection of maps
• Greek: άτλαντας (átlantas) — bound collection of maps
• Hebrew: אַטְלָס (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Hindi: मानचित्रावली (māncitrāvlī) — bound collection of maps
• Hindi: एटलस (eṭlas) — bound collection of maps
• Hindi: अटलस (aṭlas) — bound collection of maps
• Hungarian: atlasz — bound collection of maps
• Icelandic: kortabók — bound collection of maps
• Icelandic: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Ido: atlaso — bound collection of maps
• Indonesian: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Irish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Italian: atlante — bound collection of maps
• Japanese: 地図帳 (chizuchō) — bound collection of maps
• Javanese: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Kazakh: атлас (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Khmer: សៀវភៅផែនទី (siǝv phɨv phaen tii) — bound collection of maps
• Korean: 지도책 (jidochaek) — bound collection of maps
• Central Kurdish: ئەفسووس (efsûs) — bound collection of maps
• Kyrgyz: атлас (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Latvian: atlants — bound collection of maps
• Lithuanian: atlasas — bound collection of maps
• Macedonian: атлас (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Malay: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Māori: pukapuka mapi — bound collection of maps
• Norwegian Bokmål: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Norwegian Nynorsk: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Persian: اطلس (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Polish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Portuguese: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Romanian: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Russian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of maps
• Scots: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Serbo-Croatian: атлас — bound collection of maps
• Serbo-Croatian: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Slovak: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Slovene: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Spanish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Swahili: atlasi — bound collection of maps
• Swedish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Tagalog: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Tajik: атлас (atlas) — bound collection of maps
• Thai: แผนที่เล่ม (pɛ̌ɛn-tîi-lêm) — bound collection of maps
• Tibetan: ས་བཁྲ (sa bkhra) — bound collection of maps
• Tibetan: ས་བཁྲའི་དེབ (sa bkhra'i deb) — bound collection of maps
• Turkish: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Turkmen: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Ukrainian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of maps
• Uzbek: atlas — bound collection of maps
• Vietnamese: tập bản đồ — bound collection of maps
• Vietnamese: át-lát — bound collection of maps
• Bulgarian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Catalan: atles — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Chinese Mandarin: 圖解集 /图解集 (tújiějí) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Dutch: atlas — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Estonian: atlas — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Finnish: kuvasto — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Finnish: atlas — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Finnish: selvitys — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Finnish: asiakirja — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• German: Atlas — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Greek: άτλας (átlas) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Japanese: 図録 (zuroku) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Korean: 도록 (dorok) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Latvian: atlants — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Russian: а́тлас (átlas) — bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject
• Finnish: atlas — (differential geometry, topology) family of coordinate maps that cover a manifold
• German: Atlas — (differential geometry, topology) family of coordinate maps that cover a manifold
• Albanian: arrëz — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Albanian: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Asturian: atles — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Bulgarian: атла́нт (atlánt) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Catalan: atles — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 寰椎 (huánzhuī) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Chinese Mandarin: 第一頸椎 /第一颈椎 — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Czech: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Dutch: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Estonian: koljusammas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Estonian: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Finnish: kannattajanikama — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Finnish: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Galician: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• German: Atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Greek: άτλας (átlas) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Greek: άτλαντας (átlantas) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Hungarian: atlasz — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Irish: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Italian: atlante — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Japanese: 環椎 (kantsui) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Japanese: 第一頚椎 (daiichi keitsui) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Korean: 환추 (hwanchu) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Korean: 제1목뼈 (je1mokppyeo) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Latvian: atlants — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Latvian: pirmais kakla skriemelis — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Malay: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Polish: dźwigacz — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Polish: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Portuguese: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Russian: атла́нт (atlánt) — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Spanish: atlas — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Swedish: ringkota — (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck
• Bulgarian: атла́нт (atlánt) — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Chinese Mandarin: 身負重擔的人 /身负重担的人 — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Finnish: tukipylväs — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• German: Atlas — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Greek: άτλας (átlas) — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Russian: Атла́нт (Atlánt) — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Russian: атла́нт (atlánt) — one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay
• Chinese Mandarin: 男像柱 (nánxiàngzhù) — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Finnish: atlantti — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• German: Atlant — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• German: Atlas — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Greek: άτλας (átlas) — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Hungarian: atlasz — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Polish: atlant — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Polish: atlas — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Polish: telamon — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Russian: атла́нт (atlánt) — (architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon
• Arabic: أَطْلَس (ʔaṭlas) — satin fabric — see also satin
• Azerbaijani: atlaz — satin fabric — see also satin
• Persian: اطلس (atlas) — satin fabric — see also satin
• Russian: атла́с (atlás) — satin fabric — see also satin
• Tajik: атлас (atlas) — satin fabric — see also satin
• Turkish: atlas — satin fabric — see also satin
• Uzbek: atlas — satin fabric — see also satin