Atlas Mountains

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plural noun

a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 feet (4,500 meters).

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How to use Atlas Mountains in a sentence

They seemed like a permanent part of the mindscape, the way mountains or rivers are part of the physical world.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock was our mountains and our rivers, curled permanently into our brainpans.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.
The Mole Man’s Tunnel to Nowhere|Nina Strochlic|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aside from producing odors and mountains of trash, they increasingly produce power.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Sanson's Atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Atlas Mountains

Atlas Mountains

pl n

a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)

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