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 The Christian Science Monitor Library [log in to unmask] Does anyone know the source of the place name "Atlanta"? Thanks, Louise