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Re: Atlanta, Cohocton town, Steuben Co. NY, Z 14808
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Alan Messmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello Louise,

Eric Partridge, in his "ORIGINS: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English," writes:

        " Atlanta,Atlantic, Atlantis; Atlas, atlas. -- "The 1st is a SciL [Scientific Latin] derivative suggested by
Atlantic, L Atlanticus, Gr Atlantikos, the adj of Atlas, pl Atlantes and [oblique stem] Atlant-; in Gr Myth,
Atlas was that Titan who, forced to uphold the heavens and esp the Earth, much later became Mt Atlas NW
Africa:  from pictures of Earth apprehended as a glove upheld by the Titan came atlas, a collection maps.
Atlantis lay in the Atlantic, out from Mt Atlas. See TOLERATE, Atlas 'the Upholder' deriving from Gr tlenai,
to uphold, bear."

Alan
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Does anyone know the source of the place name "Atlanta"?   Thanks,
Louise

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