the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 051 899 (2015 est)
Greek name: Athinai /aˈθinɛ/ , Athina /aˈθina/
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Ath•ens
(ath′inz),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Names, Ancient HistoryGreek, Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part. 885,136.
- Place Names Greater, a metropolitan area comprising the city of Athens, Piraeus, and several residential suburbs. 2,530,000.
- Place Namesa city in N Georgia. 42,549.
- Place Namesa city in S Ohio. 19,743.
- Place Namesa town in N Alabama. 14,558.
- Place Namesa town in S Tennessee. 12,080.
- Place Namesa town in E Texas. 10,197.
- any city that is compared to Athens, esp. as a cultural center:the Athens of the Midwest.
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'Athens' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Acropolis
- Areopagus
- Argos
- Athenai
- Athenian
- Attic
- Attica
- Auxo
- Boeotia
- Cleisthenes
- Corinth
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Eleusinian mysteries
- Eleusis
- Elgin marbles
- Erechtheum
- Erechtheus
- Greater Dionysia
- Greece
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Hipparchus
- Hippias
- Hymettus
- Lenaea
- Lyceum
- Marathon
- Mecca
- Olympic Games
- Panathenaea
- Parthenon
- Peloponnesian War
- Pendelikon
- Pentelikon
- Periclean
- Peripatetic
- Peristéri
- Piraeus
- Pisistratus
- Plataea
- Pnyx
- Polygnotus
- Potidaea
- Procne
- Stoic
- Thebes
- academe
- acropolis
- agora
- amphidromia
- archon