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atlas noun

  /ˈætləs/ , /ˈætlɪs/
  • A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
  • (anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
 άτλαντας, άτλας
  • A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
  • One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
  • (architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.
 άτλας

Atlas properNoun

  /ˈætləs/
  • (Greek god) 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.
 Άτλας
Atlas Mountains
Όρη Άτλαντα
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