English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "Atlas" het veelvuldige betekenisse en kan verwys na:'n Boek met kaarte of kaarte: 'n Atlas is 'n versameling kaarte, wat dikwels in 'n boekvorm saamgebind is.'n Titaan uit die Griekse mitologie: In die Griekse mitologie was Atlas 'n Titan wat deur die Zeus seëls gestraf is om te hou'n Soort mot: Die Atlasmot is een van die grootste soorte mot in die wêreld, met 'n vlerkspan van tot 30 cm van rotstipe van a'n Persoon of ding wat 'n groot gewig of las dra: Die woord "atlas" word soms metafories gebruik om te verwys na iemand of iets wat 'n swaar las of verantwoordelikheid dra.

Sentence Examples

  1. To honour their father, the Pleiades had erected a fifty-feet tall statue of Atlas, hefting the world proudly.
  2. To support the other woman now was to become like Atlas, bearing the weight of the firmament upon her shoulders.
  3. An Atlas rested in the side pocket of my door, and a CD case sat at my feet.
  4. He was uncle to the Pleiades, brother to their murdered father Atlas.
  5. Atlas was not gagged, though he said naught, perhaps knowing neither pleas nor recriminations would avail him here.
  6. One was an atlas, which I found opened naturally at England, as if that map had been much used.
  7. She hooked up with an American mountain-biker named Kurt, and went with him to Tunisia, where he was due to cycle some route in the Atlas Mountains.
  8. Pandora listened to the chorus intone about how Atlas had begun the Ambrosial War by trying to seize control of all Ambrosia, which flowed from this very island.
  9. Divan, walls, ceiling, floor, were all covered with magnificent skins as soft and downy as the richest carpets there were heavy-maned lion-skins from Atlas, striped tiger-skins from Bengal panther-skins from the Cape, spotted beautifully, like those that appeared to Dante bear-skins from Siberia, fox-skins from Norway, and so on and all these skins were strewn in profusion one on the other, so that it seemed like walking over the most mossy turf, or reclining on the most luxurious bed.
  10. Out in the harbour district, overlooking the ships, stood a massive statue of Atlas himself, namesake and founder of Atlantis.