Atlas Mountains

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic جِبَال الأَطْلَس (jibāl al-ʔaṭlas), from Berber ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵡⴰⵟⵍⴰⵙ (idurar n waṭlas), both ultimately from the Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), stemming from the belief that the mountain range is actually the body of the Titan Atlas after being turned to stone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈætləs ˈmaʊntɪnz/

Proper noun

the Atlas Mountains pl (plural only)

1. A mountain range in northwestern Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Translations

Atlas Mountains

• Arabic: جِبَال الأَطْلَس (jibāl al-ʔaṭlas)
• Dutch: Atlasgebergte n
• Faroese: Atlasfjøll n pl
• Finnish: Atlasvuoret (fi), Atlas-vuoristo
• German: Atlasgebirge (de) n
• Greek: Όρη Άτλαντα n pl (Óri Átlanta)
• Hungarian: Atlasz (hu)
• Japanese: アトラス山脈 (アトラスさんみゃく, Atorasu-sanmyaku)
• Macedonian: Атлас m (Atlas)
• Portuguese: cordilheira do Atlas f
• Spanish: Atlas (es) m
• Swedish: Atlasbergen pl
• Tajik: кӯҳҳои Атлас (kühho-yi Atlas)
• Vietnamese: dãy núi Atlas

Further reading

• Atlas Mountains on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nasal mutations