Atlas

German (Berlin)

noun
Definitions
  • (cartography) atlasatlas bound collection of maps
  • atlasatlas bound collection of tables, illustrations on any subject
  • (medicine) atlasatlas uppermost vertebra of the neck
  • (uncommon) atlasatlas figure of a man used as a column

Etymology

Derived from Latin Atlās derived from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Atlas).

Origin

Ancient Greek

Ἄτλας

Gloss

Atlas

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