Athens

§English

Wikipedia

§Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”), the goddess. More at Athena.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæθənz/, /ˈeɪθənz/

§Proper noun

Athens

1. The capital city of Greece
2. A city in Alabama
3. A city in Illinois
4. A village in Louisiana
5. A town in Maine
6. A village in Michigan
7. A town and village in New York
8. A city in Ohio
9. A township in Ontario, Canada
10. A borough in Pennsylvania
11. A city in Tennessee
12. A city in Texas
13. A town in Vermont
14. A town in West Virginia
15. A village in Wisconsin

§Translations

capital city of Greece

• Albanian: Athinë
• Arabic: أثينا f (ʾaṯīna)

  Egyptian Arabic: اتينا f (ʾatīna), اثينا f (ʾasīna)

• Armenian: Աթենք (Atʿenkʿ)
• Aromanian: Athina f
• Asturian: Atenes
• Azeri: Afina (az)
• Basque: Atenas (eu)
• Belarusian: Афіны f pl (Afiny), Атэны f pl (Ateny) (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bulgarian: Атина f (Atina)
• Catalan: Atenes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅典 (zh) (Yǎdiǎn)

• Chuvash: Афин (Afin)
• Crimean Tatar: Atina
• Czech: Atény (cs) f pl, Athény (cs) f pl
• Danish: Athen
• Dutch: Athene (nl)
• Esperanto: Ateno
• Estonian: Ateena (et)
• Finnish: Ateena (fi)
• French: Athènes (fr)

  Old French: Athenes

• Galician: Atenas (gl)
• Georgian: ათენი (at’eni)
• German: Athen (de) n
• Greek: Αθήνα (el) f (Athína)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι f pl (Athênai)

• Hebrew: אתונה f (Atuna)
• Hindi: एथेंस (ēthēns)
• Hungarian: Athén (hu)
• Icelandic: Aþena (is) f
• Interlingua: Athenas
• Italian: Atene f
• Japanese: アテネ (Atene)

• Khmer: អាថែនស៍ (Aatʰaen)
• Korean: 아테네 (ko) (Atene)
• Latin: Athenae (la) f pl
• Latvian: Atēnas f pl
• Lithuanian: Atėnai
• Macedonian: Атина f (Atina)
• Maltese: Ateni
• Mongolian: Афин (Afin)
• Navajo: Atʼéena, Áthenz
• Norwegian: Aten, Athen
• Occitan: Atenas
• Ottoman Turkish: اتنه (Atina)
• Persian: آتن (fa) (âten)
• Polish: Ateny (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Atenas (pt) f
• Romanian: Atena (ro) f
• Russian: Афины (ru) f pl (Afiny)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Атина f, Атена f

  Roman: Atina f, Atena (sh) f

• Slovak: Atény f pl
• Slovene: Aténe f pl
• Spanish: Atenas (es) f pl
• Swahili: Athene
• Swedish: Aten (sv), Athen (sv)
• Tagalog: Atenas (tl)
• Tatar: Афиннар (Afinnar)
• Thai: เอเธนส์ (A-ten)
• Turkish: Atina (tr)
• Ukrainian: Афіни (uk) f (Afiny)
• Vietnamese: Athena
• Welsh: Athen
• Yakut: Атина (Atina)
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Atêna
• Zulu: e-Athene

§Anagrams

• hasten, sneath, thanes