Associations to the word «Atlanta»

Wiktionary

ATLANTA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Atlantidae.
ATLANTA, proper noun. The capital and largest city of the State of Georgia, USA.
ATLANTA, proper noun. A city in Illinois
ATLANTA, proper noun. A town in Indiana
ATLANTA, proper noun. A city in Kansas
ATLANTA, proper noun. A village in Louisiana
ATLANTA, proper noun. A city in Missouri
ATLANTA, proper noun. A village in Nebraska
ATLANTA, proper noun. A community in Nova Scotia
ATLANTA, proper noun. A city in Texas
ATLANTA, proper noun. A town in Wisconsin

Dictionary definition

ATLANTA, noun. State capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War.
ATLANTA, noun. A siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats