Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A system of ranges and plateaus of northwest Africa extending from southwest Morocco to northern Tunisia between the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea and rising to 4,167 m (13,671 ft).
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- proper noun A
mountain range located in northwestAfrica , occupying portions ofMorocco ,Algeria , andTunisia .
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- noun a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia
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Examples
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The Atlas Mountains is the biggest mountain range in North Africa and in the Middle East.
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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As are inspiring surroundings: sipping rosé on the rooftop ramparts of desert kasbah, Dar Ahlam; to watch the sun set behind the Atlas Mountains is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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On a recent trip to Morocco we soaked up the sights, sounds and smells of the Souk in Marrakech, trekked with mules in the Atlas Mountains and headed into the Sahara Desert on Camels all in the space of two weeks.
Ben Colclough: Sights and Sounds of Morocco Ben Colclough 2011
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She claimed alternately Vladivostok and Africa's Atlas Mountains, but the truth, the book says, is nothing to be ashamed of: She was born in Paris and raised in New York.
Books on Fashion's Secrets, Even Theft Christina Binkley 2011
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A year ago, my then-boyfriend and I were driving through the Atlas Mountains and saw a sign for a women's cooperative just before the Toubkal National Park.
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On a recent trip to Morocco we soaked up the sights, sounds and smells of the Souk in Marrakech, trekked with mules in the Atlas Mountains and headed into the Sahara Desert on Camels all in the space of two weeks.
Ben Colclough: Sights and Sounds of Morocco Ben Colclough 2011
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Our travels continued as we treasured the Atlas Mountains, picturesque blue-washed villages, narrow alleys of Morocco, where we seized every opportunity to take delight in eating the Moroccan food.
Fahad Faruqui: The Accessibility Of Envy On Social Media Fahad Faruqui 2011
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For the first four hours our driver careened down dark, twisty roads through the Atlas Mountains.
Bombing Down the Dunes Hannah Karp 2011
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An hour and a half north of Hollywood at our first hookup, in Acton, Calif., it's already looking like Morocco's Atlas Mountains through the windshield—but our heads are still back in Manhattan.
Everyone in the RV, It's Road-Trip Time! Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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In Morocco's Atlas Mountains, Anwar Harland-Khan, co-founder of green architect group Sustain Worldwide, is behind a carbon-neutral luxury development called L'Amandier.
The Green, Green Luxury of Home Tara Loader Wilkinson 2011
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