Athens
/ˈæθənz/
Athens proper noun: the capital city of Greece.
Proper noun (1)
Athens
- The capital city of Greece.
- [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, section II (Central and Northern Greece)...
- Synonyms:
- Athina
- The Greek government.
- A city, the county seat of Limestone County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas.
- A large unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
- A sizable city, the county seat of Clarke County, Georgia, consolidated with Clarke County as Athens-Clarke County.
- A city in Menard County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community and hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana.
- A small unincorporated village outside of Lexington, Kentucky.
- A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Somerset County, Maine.
- A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
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- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
- A ghost town in Clark County, Missouri.
- A former mining settlement and ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.
- A town and village in Greene County, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio.
- A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Texas.
- A town in Windham County, Vermont.
- A town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
- A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Ontario, Canada.
Proper noun (2)
Athens (plural Athenses)
- A surname from Greek.
Athens meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Athens in Hindi
- capital city of Greece
- एथेंस ethens
Athens in Marathi
- capital city of Greece
- एथंस ethausa
Athens in Urdu
- capital city of Greece
- ایتھنز ethanz
Athens in Bengali
- capital city of Greece
- অ্যাথেন্স êthenśo
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- Athens in Assamese
- এথেঞ্চ etheñso
- Athens in Pashto
- آتن ātán, اتن atán
- Athens in Tagalog
- Atenas
- Athens in Arabic
- أَثِينَا ʔaṯīnā
- Athens in Malay
- Athens
- Athens in Indonesian
- Athena
- Athens in Persian
- آتن âten
- Athens in Thai
- เอเธนส์ ee-teen
- Athens in Vietnamese
- A-ten, Nhã Điển, Á Thiên
- Athens in Myanmar
- အေသင်မြို့ esangmrui., အေသင် esang
Synonyms of Athens
Forms of Athens
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Origin of Athens
From Middle English Athens, from Old French Athenes, Atenes, from Latin Athēnae pl (acc. Athēnās), from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι pl (Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”) (q.v.), the goddess. More at Athena. Doublet of Athina.
Americanized form of Greek Αθηναίος (Athinaíos).
Words formed from Athens
Phrases with Athens
Questions about Athens
- What does Athens mean?
- Athens means the capital city of Greece.
- What is Athens in Hindi?
- Athens in Hindi is एथेंस (ethens). See Athens meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Athens?
- Athens is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Athens?
- Athens is pronounced /ˈæθənz/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Athens (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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