[ˈatləs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a book of maps or charts
(e.g: I looked in the atlas to see where Naples was)

- the topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull

- a stone carving of a male figure, used as a column to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building


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Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a person who supported a great burden): via Latin from Greek Atlas, the Titan of Greek mythology who supported the heavens and whose picture appeared at the front of early atlases

[ˈatləs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- one of the Titans, who was punished for his part in their revolt against Zeus by being made to support the heavens. He became identified with the Atlas Mountains


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