Αθήνα

See also: Αθηνά, Ἀθηνᾶ, Ἀθηνᾷ, and Ἀθῆναι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /aˈθina/
• Hyphenation: Α‧θή‧να

Proper noun

Αθήνα • (Athína) f

1. Athens (the capital city of Greece)

   Η Αθήνα είναι η πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας.

   I Athína eínai i protévousa tis Elládas.

   Athens is the capital city of Greece.

   κομίζω γλαύκα εις Αθήνας

   komízo gláfka eis Athínas

   carry coals to Newcastle

   (literally, “carry owls to Athens”)

Usage notes

• The Greek name for the goddess Athena is Αθηνά (Athiná), with different stress.

Declension

  Αθήνα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Αθήνα •
genitive	Αθήνας •
accusative	Αθήνα •
vocative	Αθήνα •

Related terms

• αθηναϊκός (athinaïkós, “Athenian”)
• αθηναίικος (athinaíikos, “Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηναίος m (Athinaíos, “male Athenian”)
• Αθηναία f (Athinaía, “female Athenian”)
• Αθηνιώτης m (Athiniótis, “male Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηνιώτισσα f (Athiniótissa, “female Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηναίισσα f (Athinaíissa, “female Athenian”) (colloquial)
• Αθηνά f (Athiná, “Athena”)
• Αθηναϊκός (Athinaïkós, “Athinaikos football club”)
• αθενολάτρης m (athenolátris, “Athens lover”)

Descendants

• → Albanian: Athinë
• → Aromanian: Athinã
• → Bulgarian: Ати́на (Atína)
• → Macedonian: Атина (Atina)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آتنه (atina), آتینا (atina)
  • Turkish: Atina
• → Serbo-Croatian: Atína／Ати́на

Further reading

• Αθήνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el