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   At·las

   /ˈatləs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a book of maps or charts: "a road atlas"
   • ▪ a book of illustrations or diagrams on any subject: "Atlas of Surgical Operations"
   • 2. the topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull.
   • 3. a stone carving of a male figure, used as a column to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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