Atlas

English

/ˈætləs/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (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 Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
  • (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
  • (astronomy) A crater in the last quadrant of the moon.
  • (astronomy) A triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45) also known as 27 Tauri.
  • (warfare) An intercontinental ballistic missile.

Etymology

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

Origin

Ancient Greek

Ἄτλας

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