how to pronounce atlas

/ˈætləs/

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atlas is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of atlas in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… I got my Charles Atlas you know a body …”

meaning of atlas

Atlas is a mythological Titan who was punished by Zeus by being forced to hold the sky on his shoulders.

atlas frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word atlas occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics atlas can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that atlas can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;