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atlas
noun(at-las)
a Titan who for his part in the Titans' revolt against the gods is forced by Zeus to support the heavens on his shoulders
atlas
noun(at-las)
one who bears a heavy burden
atlas
noun(at-las)
a bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter
atlas
geographical name(at-las)
mountains of northwestern Africa extending from southwestern Morocco to northeastern Tunisia; the highest peaks are in the Grand Atlas (also known as the High Atlas) in southwest central Morocco
atlas
noun(at-las)
linguistic atlas
atlas
noun(at-las)
a publication containing a set of maps on which speech variations are recorded —called also dialect atlas

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