Atlas Mountains
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- proper noun
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Montañas Atlas
- It was then that this indomitable seventy-year-old rode with a companion through the Atlas Mountains, taming two horses in the process and losing a pack mule over a precipice.
- Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Examples
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The locals often share stories about their ancestors who lived in the Atlas Mountains for generations.
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In the north of the country is the easternmost limit of the Atlas Mountains, the Northern Tell and High Tell.
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Cargo drop, Atlas Mountains.
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Ifrane, a small mountain resort in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco, was constructed by the French colonial administration in the late 1920s.
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In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, local communities most often rank potable water, irrigation, and projects for women and youth among the top development priorities.
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South of the Atlas Mountains, the climate becomes drastically hotter and drier, making it practical for women to wear some type of covering to protect them against harsh sun and sandstorms.
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He climbed the Atlas Mountains, he wandered through Syrian souks, he jogged through Libyan olive groves.
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One of my more memorable excursions in the South was on the Red Lizard Train from Metlaoui to Redeyef, a journey over a section of the Atlas Mountains through some breathtaking gorges.
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Standing at the summit, I was awestruck by the beauty of the Atlas Mountains stretching before me.
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Hikers from around the world come to explore the breathtaking trails of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines the proper name 'Atlas' with the clear noun 'mountains', so its basic meaning — a group/range of mountains called Atlas — is directly derivable from the constituents. While specific geographic details (location, extent) require world knowledge, the referential meaning is transparent and follows common name + noun composition patterns across languages.
Etymology
Atlas Mountains comes from the old Greek story of the giant Atlas, who had to hold up the sky. People thought the high mountains looked like the giant's supports holding the sky, so the name came to mean this range of peaks.