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Meaning of atlas

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Atlas
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear
           the sky on his shoulders
      2: a collection of maps in book form [syn: {atlas}, {book of
         maps}, {map collection}]
      3: the 1st cervical vertebra [syn: {atlas}, {atlas vertebra}]
      4: a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: {atlas},
         {telamon}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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