Atlanta

Translingual

Anatomical diagram of Atlanta

Etymology

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Proper noun

Atlanta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Atlantidae – heteropods.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Sorbeoconcha - order; Hypsogastropoda - suborder; Littorinimorpha - infraorder; Pterotracheoidea - superfamily; Atlantidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Atlanta peronii - type species; for other species see Atlanta (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Atlanta (gastropod) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atlanta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Atlanta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atlanta at World Register of Marine Species
• Atlanta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Atlanta at National Center for Biotechnology Information

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor.

Latin ā̆tlanticusbor.

Middle English Atlantyke

English Atlantic?

English Atlanta

Supposedly the feminine form of Atlantic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ætˈlæntə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ætˈlæɾ̃ə], [ætˈlænə]

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Atlanta

2. The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia.
   • 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 232:

     As far as I know, Atlanta doesn’t have any famous buildings. You might even say that there are no skyscrapers. Sky reachers maybe, not sky scrapers. Regardless, the city is as enchanting as my mother’s face.

   • 2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 9 March 2025:

     In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN. He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out.

3. A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A community in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua.
5. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho, United States.
9. A small city in Logan County, Illinois.
10. A small town in Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
11. A tiny city in Cowley County, Kansas.
12. An unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States.
13. A village in Winn Parish, Louisiana.
14. A census-designated place, the county seat of Montmorency County, Michigan.
15. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
16. A tiny city in Macon County, Missouri.
17. A village in Phelps County, Nebraska.
18. A hamlet in the town of Cohocton, Steuben County, New York.
19. An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.
20. A city in Cass County, Texas.
21. A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Apelanta
• Atlantan
• Hotlanta

Translations

capital and largest city of the State of Georgia

• Asturian: Atlanta f
• Bulgarian: Атла́нта f (Atlánta)
• Burmese: အတ္တလန္တ (atta.lanta.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞特蘭大 / 亚特兰大 (zh) (Yàtèlándà)

• Czech: Atlanta (cs) f
• Danish: Atlanta
• Esperanto: Atlanto
• French: Atlanta (fr)
• Galician: Atlanta (gl)
• German: Atlanta (de)
• Greek: Ατλάντα (el) f (Atlánta)
• Italian: Atlanta (it) f
• Japanese: アトランタ (Atoranta)
• Latin: Atlanta (la) f
• Mongolian: Атланта (Atlanta)
• Polish: Atlanta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Atlanta (pt) f
• Russian: Атла́нта (ru) f (Atlánta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Атланта f

  Latin: Atlanta (sh) f

• Spanish: Atlanta (es)
• Turkish: Atlanta
• Vietnamese: Ạt-lan-ta, Á Lan Đại (obsolete)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əlˈlan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [alˈlan.ta]

Proper noun

Atlanta f

1. Atlanta (the capital city of Georgia, United States)

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor.

Latin ā̆tlanticusbor.

Middle English Atlantyke

English Atlantic?

English Atlantabor.

Polish Atlanta

Borrowed from English Atlanta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtlan.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: A‧tlan‧ta

Proper noun

Atlanta

1. Atlanta (the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia)

Declension

Declension of Atlanta

	singular
nominative	Atlanta
genitive	Atlanty
dative	Atlancie
accusative	Atlantę
instrumental	Atlantą
locative	Atlancie
vocative	Atlanto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Atlanta.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɐ̃.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtlɐ̃.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: A‧tlan‧ta

Proper noun

Atlanta f

1. Atlanta (the capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atlǎnta/
• Hyphenation: At‧lan‧ta

Proper noun

Atlànta f (Cyrillic spelling Атла̀нта)

1. Atlanta (the capital city of Georgia, United States)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtlanta/ [aˈt̪lãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: A‧tlan‧ta

Proper noun

Atlanta f

1. Atlanta (the capital city of Georgia, United States)

Derived terms

• atlantés