atlantes
9.9
A large book of maps that shows countries, cities, and seas
- noun
- /ˈæt.ləntiz/
- Archaic
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atlantes
- The library has an extensive collection of atlantes that span historical and contemporary maps.
Examples
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She opened her old atlantes to find maps of the ancient world for her research paper.
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Students studying geography often refer to detailed atlantes to understand different countries and their boundaries.
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Like a lot of them are more like novels, Guinness Book of World Records, atlases and stuff like that.
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Phase diagrams are atlases, they're maps, they're maps of stability that answer the question.
Synonyms
atlas
vsatlantes
1
2.7
A book of maps that shows countries, cities, and seas
is the plural form referring to large map volumes rather than a single book
map collection
vsatlantes
1
3.0
A group of maps kept together, often in a book
is specific to large bound volumes rather than any assembled map set
book of maps
vsatlantes
2.1
A set of maps that show different places
is generally larger in size or scope than that kind of book
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Atlantes comes from the Greek giant Atlas, who was said to 'hold up' the sky. Map books were later named atlas after him because they often showed him holding the world, so an atlas is a book that 'holds' many maps.