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Athenian

/əˈθiː.ni.ən/

Athenian noun: an inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.

Noun

Athenian (plural Athenians)

  1. An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.
    • Euen plaine Cittizens, hauing well deſerued of the Common-weale, were therefore among the Athenians ennobled.1610, [Robert Glover], translated by Tho[mas] Milles et al., “Of the First Greeke Nobility”, in The Catalogue of Honor or Tresury of True Nobility, Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine...
    • Here the satire is directed against the passion of the Athenians for the excitement of the law-courts[…]1872, William Lucas Collins, chapter V, in Aristophanes, page 101

Adjective

Athenian (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to Athens, particularly (historical) ancient Athens, its empire, and its people.
  2. (Greek) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

Athenian meaning in Tamil

Athenian in Tamil

ஆதன்ஸ் நகரத்தின் குடிமகன்

Synonyms of Athenian

  • Of
  • related to Athens

Forms of Athenian

pluralAthenians
alternative formAthenean

Origin of Athenian

From Latin athēniēnsis; compare Middle English Athenyensis pl and Old English Athēniense pl. By surface analysis, Athens + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Athenian

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Questions about Athenian

What does Athenian mean?
Athenian means an inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.
What is Athenian in Tamil?
Athenian in Tamil is ஆதன்ஸ் நகரத்தின் குடிமகன். See Athenian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Athenian?
Athenian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Athenian?
Athenian is pronounced /əˈθiː.ni.ən/.
What is the plural of Athenian?
The plural of Athenian is Athenians.

Words near Athenian in the dictionary

  1. Athenean
  2. Atheneans
  3. atheneite
  4. atheneum
  5. atheneums
  6. Athenian
  7. Athenianism
  8. Athenianness
  9. Athenians
  10. Athenic
  11. athenium

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