atlanta

Other forms of atlanta

plural

atlantas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about atlanta

What does atlanta mean?

atlanta means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in atlanta?

atlanta has 3 syllables: at-lan-ta. The stress falls on "lan". In IPA it is /ætˈlæntə/.

What is another word for atlanta?

Close synonyms include capital of Georgia, battle of Atlanta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atlanta a common word?

atlanta is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.