Atlas - English meaning

noun

A book of maps or charts.

Usage examples:

I looked in the atlas to see where naples was

noun

The topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull.

Usage examples:

There is a well-developed atlas and the caudal vertebrae can be distinguished from the trunk verteb…

noun

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

Usage examples:

Among its wealth of neoclassical details are the legs in the shape of inverted obelisks, the torsos…

proper noun

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.

noun

A book containing maps

Usage examples:

A road atlas