atlas
Spanish, noun/ˈatlas/
atlas is spelled A-T-L-A-S (5 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atlas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Colección de mapas en un volumen”.
What does atlas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineatlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)
- 2
masculineatlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Colección de mapas en un volumen. 2. Colección de láminas organizadas temáticamente. 3. Primera de las vértebras cervicales.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce atlas?
- /ˈatlas/
- [ˈa.t̪las]
- [ˈat̪las]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atlas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atlas in Spanish?
atlas appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).