an evergreen tree, Cedrus atlantica, native to northern Africa, having in its widely cultivated forms bluish-green leaves and light-brown cones.
- Atlas mountains
a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 feet (4500 meters). Historical Examples In the distance rose a range of high hills, and far beyond the gray peaks of the Atlas Mountains bounded the horizon. A Trip to the Orient Robert Urie Jacob Almonds are one […]
(def 2). Historical Examples B is walking with the atlatl in his hand, and armed with javelins. Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden Ernst Frsteman An atlatl was the weapon which had replaced the stone axe in the stone age. The Hohokam Dig Theodore Pratt This suggests, of course, […]
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure. Historical Examples No compensation was offered to Atli for his man, and he went on as if he knew nothing of it. Grettir […]
atlo- atlo- pref. Atlas: atloaxoid.