ATLAS


Meaning of ATLAS in English

at ‧ las /ˈætləs/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Atlas giant in an ancient Greek story who had to hold up the sky; because his name was used as the title of a 16th-century book of maps ]

a book containing maps, especially of the whole world ⇨ ↑ road atlas

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.