Atlas

Atlas (titan who holds the sky)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈa.tlɐs/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

map collection

Erik Josten

book of maps

atlas vertebra

Cordilheira do Atlas

Átlas

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